Consumerism __________
a. keeps high culture attainable only for those in the upper class
b. drives demand for high culture items and thus lowers popular culture
c. makes luxury items more accessible to people in the middle and working classes
d. replaces high culture with popular culture
Answer: C
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a. 1920 and 1935 b. 1945 and 1960 c. 1965 and 1980 d. 1980 and 2000
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a. fertility b. fecundity c. mortality d. immortality e. morbidity
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A. Émile Durkheim B. Talcott Parsons C. Karl Marx D. Auguste Comte