ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: United Nations Human Rights Committee, Noble Savage, Fair Deal
31 Jan 2017
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Unpacking the ideas of progress and development. Understanding the disparities in standards of living between populations in the developed and developing worlds necessitates understanding the history of different global economies in the pre and post-industrial revolution time periods. In order to understand why some people are rich/poor, we need to understand history. Industrial revolution- a period of history, generally identified as occurring in the late 18th century, marked by a shift in production from agriculture to industrial goods, urbanization, and the factory system. Connection to england"s economy to african slave labour. Case study of the textile industry in england: The rise of the factory system created great wealth in england but destroyed textile manufacturing in india, led to colonization of india and china and extended slavery in the u. The needs of the textile industry drained africa of productive labour and enhanced wealth of the.
