ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Patrilineality, Potlatch, Wage Labour
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Industrial societies industrial societies have the majority of the population not working in the production of foods and goods needed for subsistence. Most people worked in wage labour work for which wages are paid. Postindustrial societies since the 1970w, canada has had a postindustrial economy. Majority of the population doesn"t work for subsistence or an industry producing things; most work in the service sector, producing information or providing a service. Designed and sold in canada this is called globalization the process by which economies, societies, and cultures become integrated through a worldwide network. Canada"s northwest coast people hold potlatches, which is an important and sacred ceremonial feast in the winter season when all the hunting, gathering, and collecting of food has been completed. Potlatches were held to mark an important event (honouring the dead, witnessing the inheritance of names and privileges)
