>Yes, they do come out of the same milieu -- the milieu called "early
>20th-century Europe."
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Sorry, I didn't understand your use of "milieu". If "early 20th century europe" is a mileu (in singular!), then your thesis is not wrong. But to show that, you should look for documents showing the commonalites between "early 20th century european working class culture" in England, Germany, Italy, Russia, France, Bulgaria, ... - and "early 20th century european rural culture" in all these countries and "early 20th century high culture" and so on and on: I think there are not so many commonalities out of the inner circle of the MMM: The Magic Mountain Milieu.
Sebastian
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