SOCY 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Finance Capitalism, Dependency Theory, Call Centre
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The more production there is eventually there will be overproduction and will start to restrict the accumulation of capital: cultural, economic, political arm of colonization, empire, trade routes, commerce, currency, legal structures, religion, communication networks, language, make things recognizable to a global audience, ever thickening webs of connection , the desire to live better, to convert others to one"s beliefs, and to learn what lies beyond one"s borders have been the prime motives bringing countries and people in contact, peacefully or violently. Empire: god given right, age of discovery: 15th 18th centuries, personal power/glory, soldier and administrators, only with the rise of emprise were large numbers of people of varied ethnicity, languages, and religious persuasions linked under a single authority. , the actions of traders, preachers, and adventures spearheaded the reconnection and closer integration of settled communities that had come onto existence some.