SOCI 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: French Revolution, Industrial Revolution
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Soci 265 war, states and social change. Only present in the19th century, capitalism present in holland, england/southern scotland during the. This changes everything, the ability to mess around with nature in regards to fossil fuels. States try to nationalize and industrialize their state this is state enhancement. The entry of people onto the political stage: Two forms coming as nations, and coming as workers. There is a period of revolution, end of 18th century the u. s is born, latin american escapes from. The elites seeing what has happened in france, get their act together and do not let that happen again. Old regimes last during the 19th century. Continual war between britain and france during the 18th century, britain was always good at balance of power. This exhausted france, and britain was able to steal some of its colonial pickings. Britain lost its american colonies because it fought alone. Overall in the 18th century, powerful class cohesion to the state.
