Before revision: In sociologic contrast to the Kleinbürgertum, the petite bourgeoisie of Germany, the Bildungsbürgertum were the intelligentsia and the upper economic-stratum of the German bourgeoisie.
After revision: In sociological contrast to the Kleinbürgertum, the petite bourgeoisie of Germany, the Bildungsbürgertum were the intelligentsia and the upper economic-stratum of the German bourgeoisie.