FAH354H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Consumerism, Transitional Fossil, Syas River
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Resulted in a shared cultlure due to mass distrubition. By the middle of the 19th cent (rise of photography) peple of almost every stragata could possess an image in themselves wher in the past only the elites were albe to have this priveldge. Rise of common cultlure differentiates this period from previous ones. Desire to make working conditions better for people, idea that working people had a right than beyond their labor. Idea where eight hours of labor, eight of rest, and eight of recreation. This leaves people with lot of time on their hands. The people that make up an empirial power like the brithish empire become diff. Many monuments we feel like have been around a lot are actually part of a short lived history e. g: the eiffle tower. Street furniture on right, buidltings with ads going around fa ade, reading newspaper, poseters being tacked up and the surface of pic. Showed the world view of a person.
