Elegant Technology

Chapter Three
Are Producers a Class?

These illustrations are animated at:

Figure : 3.1

Pre-Industrial Revolution

Upper (those who rule--predators)

Lower (those who serve--producers)

Figure: 3.2

Early Industrialization

(esp. England)

Marx's Worldview

Figure: 3:3

Socio-Economic Distribution

Late 19th--Early 20th Century esp. USA

Figure 3.4

Economic Distribution

(by occupational type)

Figure: 3.5

Social Distribution

(by interest group)

Fig. 3.6

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Chapter Three: Are Producers a Class