SLGY 2253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Albion Woodbury Small, Investigative Journalism, Muckraker
15 Nov 2016
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The type of production process is what matters most. Therefore we must look at it and its 2 main processes: horizontal integration ; most aspects of production occurring at the local level, vertical disintegration; became common after the free trade deals of the 1980s. Manufacturers see opportunity to import cheaper, raw materials and have part of product made in countries were labour is cheaper. University of chicago sociology department established in 1892 by albion small. Is a school of thought evolving out of a mixture of ideas that were not fully formed until the. City of chicago population doubles between 1890-1920. Progressive era occurs which involved a wide variety of reform issues (ie; child labour, prostitution as a social problem, urban problems of sewage and garbage disposal) Contradictions and weakneses present: belief in social science to make the world better vs support of eugenics.
