They had a lot of power back then because they had a great army with a great pilot which means leader
Esperanza grows and matures in several ways. At the beginning of the novel, she is a wealthy girl without a trouble in the world and is largely ignorant to the problems of people around her. She is forced to leave behind everything she knows and overnight, goes from a carefree young girl to a desperate migrant worker.
La burguesía son capitalistas que poseen los medios de producción y los proletarios son las clases trabajadoras que son empleadas por las burguesías. ... Debido a su riqueza, las burguesías tenían el poder de controlar casi todo y los proletarios tenían poca o ninguna voz en los asuntos políticos.
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Because the railroad industry was still at large during this period, and to run trains you need a lot of coal to burn.