SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hull House, Conflict Theories, Sociological Theory
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It was marked by revolutionary cultural, political, economic and social change. From a rural agricultural economy to an urban industrial economy, plus new emphasis on reason and science. The power of the church was subsiding and science was rising. Political revolution: open debate of ideas would promote tolerance, rights, equality and democracy. It led to the american revolution and french revolution. Economic and social revolution: industrial capitalism and urbanization. Industrial revolution: collection of major developments that transformed rural agricultural societies into urban industrial societies. Britain, then europe, then usa in the 19th century. Industrialization: use of large-scale machinery for the mass manufacture of consumer goods. Agrarian economy requires farmers to live and work in rural areas, but an industrial economy requires workers to congregate near centralized sites of production. Before 1800, more than 90% of europeans lived in rural areas; by the 1890s, more than half lived in cities.
