GEOG 1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Primitive Accumulation Of Capital, New Class, Rural Tourism
Document Summary
Class relations in agriculture 6/11 feb 2020. How does capitalism enter agriculture? (how companies are earning money from the agriculture sector: english path (15th-18th centuries) They used to have access to the command land and private. Trinity of 3 classes (landlords and farmers) On-going pa: prussian path (16th-19th centuries e. germany, american (and canadian) path (late 18th century) Gradual differentiation into classes: asian path, land reforms (japan, india, taiwan, etc) Classes and petty commodity production: multiple classes. Global tendencies in agriculture caused by capitalism: a summary. Introduction of progressive division of labour (cash crop, etc) and machinery. People do different kinds of work, specialization of labour. Rural tourism/ bread and breakfast (bnb: reproduction of small peasantry in capitalism, proletarianization of the peasantry, migration of workers and peasants from villages to the towns and factories. Seasonal migration: transplantation of large-scale capitalist industry to village. Setting up a business plant in a rural area other than city centre.
