SOC 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Complex Number, Industrial Revolution

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 402
• Professor: H E A T H E R R O L L W A G E N

Document Summary

Some form of dominant authority; some idea of a hierarchy formed in these cities. Complex division of labour; durkheim; specialization in a specific skill. Hierarchical society; some people have more than others. Social inequalities: cities as the centre = cities as targets of attack. Industrial revolution (1700-1850: emergence of a market economy, machines and factories. Concept of unemployment was developed: emergence of a complex class system. Issues around illness, deviance, disorder, literacy, were all studied in the city context during the industrial revolution. Urbanization and sociology: emergence of western european sociology, urbanization and the development of social problems, scientific methods and the study of social issues. Toronto and colonization: we must acknowledge that toronto is a colonized space. We are all part of a treaty agreement. Everyone in this city is part of a treaty relationship. Demographic approach: where you live, urban / rural split, metropolitan concentration, metropolitan regionalization.