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51.   Uneconomic Lifestyles of Workers, as Reported by Bourgeois Critics (1884 and 1889)
Working-class poverty and lifestyle reform became favorite topics of bourgeois critics, who generally felt that workers had only to apply bourgeois virtues to improve their lot. In these passages....
52.   Food Expenditures of Two Working-Class Families (1887-1888)
In the 1870s and 1880s the cost of food accounted for about 60% of the total expenditures of a typical working-class family – with some fluctuation based on total family income and the number of....
53.   Lifestyle and Expenditures of a Skilled Worker’s Family in Berlin (1890)
Families of skilled workers usually spent more money on meat than families with less income. The table below shows that one such family in Berlin spent between one-third and one-half of its food....
54.   Lifestyle and Expenditures of a Public Servant's Family in Berlin (1889)
In Imperial German society, higher public servants enjoyed considerable (and probably increasing) esteem. But frequently their incomes did not keep pace with what was required to maintain a standard....
55.   A Young Berlin Noblewoman Recalls a House Ball, Skating, and Bicycling (c. 1890)
German aristocrats did not eke out a meager living, as did most workers, nor did they have....
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