SOSC 1340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3,4,5: Tillage, Autarchism
17 Nov 2013
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Reading(s): polanyi, k. (1944) habitation versus improvement; societies and economic systems; the self-regulating market and fictitious commodities. Landowners were profiting from new technology being developed by the lower working class had to suffer at the same time. As new farm technology came out, land formerly available to the public had been enclosed. The land previously was used by the common public for grazing and growing food was enclosed into private properties. The landowners wanted to maximize their profits by using new technology in their enclosed land. They used to the land for better raising of crops and animals, specifically sheep for their wool because it was a very profitable market. They had to sacrifice social dislocation to achieve improvement. It was an improvement for the merchants and landlords but the lower class had nowhere to live. It was like a revolution of the rich against the poor.
