EC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Surplus Labour, Class Stratification
18 Aug 2016
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Industrialization transformed the ways in which many americans lived and worked; idealized a division of labor between men and women in which women were viewed as. Industrial labor force was stratified by class, race, ethnic, and gender hierarchies; assumptions about women justified gender discrimination against women wage earners but also made women"s industrial labor valuable. Women workers fought for recognition as workers, as citizens, and as ladies . Transformation of american society following the civil war (1861-1865) from one organized around an agrarian/handcraft economy to an industrial/machine oriented economy. Requisite conditions: natural resources/sources of power, surplus labor**** Need as many people as possible for the unskilled jobs: capital investment, technological innovation, government support. Changes in geography: migration and immigration. African americans start moving north: rural to urban. Changes in business practices: technology driven mass production, rise of the corporation, rise of culture of mass consumption.
