The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with moder
Sculpture of a chōnin, a middle class of mainly merchants that emerged in Japan during the Edo period. Early 18th century.
The working class is a group of people in a social hierarchy, typically defined by earning wages or salaries through their ability to work. Members of the working class rely primarily upon earnings fr
Construction workers, commonly regarded as working class, at work at St. Paul's Hospital Cardiac center in Ethiopia, 2017
Factory workers manufacturing rope during World War I
Striking teamsters battling police on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 1934
Socialist conception of class society in 1900–1901. The drawing was based on a leaflet of the "Union of Russian Socialists".