h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Very Interesting.

You should perhaps include a definition of "bourgeoisie" at the beginning and establish a frame of reference: are you restricting yourself to a European model, or are you comparing the growth of democracy around the world?

Do the negative connotations attached to the word "bourgeoisie" come from a misinterpretation of Marx, or is this a product of the Cold War?

You may have gone a little to far in simplifying the history. Your argument would be stronger if you gave some dates in order to anchor the development in a timeline that readers can relate to. It would probably be enough to say "in the 19th Century", for example, or even to refer to the reign of a particular monarch or dynasty.

A couple of minor points:

The table of contents will probably be edited away. You may want to consider replacing it with an introductory paragraph that defines your terms and lets the reader know what's coming.

I think I would be inclined to eliminate the three headers (the first seems a little superfluous), incorporate the material under the last two headers in your introduction, and use headers in place of your subheaders, which don't give the page as tidy an appearance as headers, in my opinion.

I won't be offended if you choose to ignoore all of this, but I hope it helps.

JTG

I'll make the changes tomorrow, probably. Exactly for these comments did I ask your presence here... of course I wouldn't ignore your points

Congratulations! The world moves too fast for me.

JTG