The Study Of British Middle-class's Daily Life In The 19th Century

In the 19 th century,the British middle class became more and more powerful,and played an important role in British society.They not only created a lot of material wealth,but also enjoyed the increasingly rich material and spiritual achievements.The growing middle class was full of confidence.In order to distinguish it from nobility and the working class,they tried to enhance the cultural identity of middle class by daily life such as food,clothing,housing,household goods and entertainment.In the material life,they pursue the rich variety of food,decent and fashionable clothing,isolation and comfortable accommodation,and conspicuous home decoration.When material life good enough,the middle class began to pursue the spiritual life,and paid more attention to the leisure entertainment.The article is divided into three parts.There are introduction,text and epilogue.The introduction mainly introduces the source,the meaning and the innovation point of this article,the research status at home and abroad,and the main content and research methods of the article.The first chapter of the text content,firstly,the article analyses the social status of the 19 th century British through the angle of politics,economy and culture.And then analyze the population,regional distribution,professional status and wealth of to prove the middle class which has become the backbone of British society.The second chapter introduces the affluence and decent material life of middle class through food,clothing,housing,furniture products and so on.The third chapter analyses the rich and elegant leisure life of middle class,such as enjoying music,reading books and newspaper,going for a travel,going to the beach resort and doing exercise.The last chapter mainly analyzes the impact on the British society about the daily life of middle class.There are the development of a consumer society,the expansion of the suburbs,the construction of urban public space and gradually civilized leisure entertainment.Epilogue reflects on the daily life of the middle class,and analyses its enlightenment to the current Chinese society.On the one hand,there is interactive relationship between the middle class and the development of British society,the British middle class become stronger,on the other hand,the middle class promoted the development of the economy,the progress of culture,and the civilized degree of society.Current China should learn the British's experience according to the situation of our country to develop the economy and improve the proportion of population of middle class in our country.At the same time,In order to speed up the pace of the construction of modern civilized society,Current China is supposed to make full use of the role of the middle class in the economic development,political civilization,cultural construction,education reform,an so on.