ANTHR 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, Industrial Revolution
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Intensive agriculture: associated with the rise of cities, growing a surplus of food for selling/trading on the market, about 10,000-12,000 years old, can permit the rise of urban cities. Intensive agriculture societies 10,000-12,000 years ago: societies that relied on barley and wheat (a lot of times scholars believe these were used to brew beer) Societies that relied on maize/corn (scholars believe it was for beer) Enclosure= peasant farmers lost access to land due to the demand for wool. Peasants forced to seek factory jobs: 1811-1812 luddite rebellion. Luddites were a group of people who protested against the system by burning down factories in england. Peasants and small business owners joined the luddites and rebelled. Small business owners wen out of business due to the factories producing good products for cheap. 1848: karl marx wrote the communist manifesto: wrote this book in response to all the rebellions, argues.
