LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Master Craftsman, Industrial Revolution, Role Model
13 May 2016
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Could do basic things (making tools, shoes, clothes, etc) Production is local (couldn"t get things from the outside, it had to be done by those close by relied on the local producers) Work was mostly done at a small scale. Shoe shops were a big consumers product, called these shoe shops ten footers . Shop attached to home (close work world and home world) Family roles in business (women would do most of the selling/business a serious role shop was seen as the mans place, sons would be learning the trade) Most of the business you did were mainly people that you knew personal connections in business. Not much interaction with strangers, lots of communication with the community (people you know) Couldn"t try to upsell or cheat someone (a customer) since you will most likely see them. Apprentices (many sons would start training around 9-10, did the grunt work and simplest unskilled work)
