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• A very substantial class of upwardly mobile and increasingly wealthy farmers became a part of the social and political landscape.

• However, despite their negative characterizations of the wealthy, both novelists show the upwardly mobile lower-class woman ultimately placed with a man who represents wealth.

• But there is strong evidence indicating that the upwardly mobile have adopted the sociability patterns of the class into which they moved.

• Rather, they tended to be people of the middle class : upwardly mobile and determined to stay that way.

• Finally, the cooperative approach was criticised by upwardly mobile elements in the farming community.

• He was also (inexorably) upwardly mobile, an important factor in his motivation for reading.

• Recent economic policies may have undercut the 'domestic' aspirations of the women of hitherto more secure and upwardly mobile working classes.

• The marriage patterns of these nine women, however, suggest that single daughters had a better chance of being upwardly mobile.

• Its privileges were especially felt in advancing segments of the middle classes, setting a novel agenda for upwardly mobile professionals and the younger generation.

• The tendency of upwardly mobile members of a downtrodden class to disassociate from that class can be found within many contexts.

• She argues that dowry is often 'a social statement for the upwardly mobile classes'.

• Their histories show them to be conscious actors in their choices, in pursuit of education, upwardly mobile, fashion-conscious, and capable of acting independently of the wishes of their families.

• They appeal as well to the upwardly mobile middle class and especially to the commercial bourgeoisie or those aspiring (often without success) to join their ranks.

• These contradictions are often embodied in the illnesses of young upwardly mobile members of society - often women - who have chosen to opt into the urban wage-labour economy.

• It is assumed that families acted purposefully in order to cope, survive or become upwardly mobile, within the opportunities and constraints of their immediate surroundings and the larger macro-historical setting.