DSOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Productive Forces, Barter

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Development Sociology
• Course: DSOC 1101
• Professor: Tom Hirschl

Document Summary

Origins of industrial capitalism in the united states: using social science paradigms to. What is industrialization: the use of commodified labor to produce goods & services, free labor, labor that is going to work somewhere outside the home. Does industrialization tend to increase the productive forces (technology): yes, improvements in technology. Does technology create conditions for a higher form of society: smith: yes, capitalism improves human welfare. People will naturally follow instinct to truck and barter: marx: yes, but social revolution is required. Society will have to fight later witch of technology v witch of politics to see what happens: weber: no, technology does not eliminate iron cage of rational profit seeking. Focused on thinking and behavior of the people. Between 1790 and 1860, 835000 slaves moved from exporting to importing states. Main exporting states: maryland, virginia, and the carolinas. Four largest importers: alabama, mississippi, louisiana, & texas. Persistent rural poverty related to history of economic inequality.