MMW 14 Lecture 3: 3 - The Underlying Revolution
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Recap of the industrial revolution in the eyes of marx and engels. These laborers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity, like every other article of commerce, and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of competition, to all the fluctuations of the market. Going against the grain of the philosophies of many. Intellectuals argued over what it means to be german or. Italian, but they step in and say that doesn"t really matter because everyone falls into one of two classes. And those a member of the bourgeoisies in france had more in common with bourgeoisie in china than they did with a member of the proletariat in their own country. Steam engine: replaces coal as producer of energy for automated equipment, powers equipment on unprecedented scale and fuels industry for precision parts, boosts production of iron. Invention of machines spinning jenny, steam engine, the railroad.
