Questions for discussion:
1. What are the classes in capitalism, and where did they come from? [Marx]
2. What does Marx mean when he describes industrial capitalism as having "no other nexus between man and man [sic] than naked self-interest, than callous cash payment"? [Marx]
3. What does Marx mean when he describes the bourgeoisie as having "subjected the country to the rule of towns"? [Marx]
4. How does capitalism overcome crises, according to Marx? [Marx]
5. What does Marx mean when he says "what the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers"? [Marx]
6. How does Marx refute the objection that the abolition of private property will mean no one will want to work? [Marx]
7. What does Marx mean when he says "the working men [sic] have no country"? [Marx]
8. What does Sherman mean by the "luxury sector"? [Sherman]
9. Why do workers in luxury hotels have more autonomy than, say, factory workers? [Sherman]
10. How do workers and guests perform class identity in luxury hotels? [Sherman]
11. How prevalent is non-English language use in the US? {Rumbaut]
12. How does English proficiency relate to generations? [Rumbaut]
13. What is the relationship between "balanced bilingualism" and dropping out of high school? [Rumbaut]
14. What is the difference between additive and subtractive acculturation? [Rumbaut]