By What Means Did the Middle Classes Differentiate Themselves and Create

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Essay

By what means did the middle classes differentiate themselves and create a self-identity?

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Definitions:

Diploid Stage

A phase in an organism's life cycle characterized by cells containing two sets of chromosomes, one set inherited from each parent.

Alternation of Generations

A life cycle occurring in plants and some algae, characterized by a regular alternation between two distinct forms, the asexual (sporophyte) and the sexual (gametophyte).

Female Cones

Reproductive structures of certain plants like conifers, which produce seeds in contrast to male cones that produce pollen.

Megasporangia

Structures in plants that produce megaspores, which develop into female gametophytes.