ABSTRACT
TheAmericanlandscapehasnowseenthere-emergenceof classconflictwithapotentialforthemorenastyformsof classwarfaregreaterthanatanytimesincetherobber barondaysofthelate1800s.However,onecouldargue thattheproblemisworse,giventherapidspeedandmethodsofcommunicationavailabletoday.Further,thelate 1800sproducedlessfrictionthanonemighthaveexpected becauseofthelargelyimmigrantnatureofthepopulation, whichverymuchappreciatedandforesawtheupwardmobilitythatAmericaoffered.Thepotentialforsevereclass distinctionssurfacedagainwiththeGreatDepressionofthe 1930s.
