IRE240H1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Collective Bargaining, Canada, Employment
20 Nov 2018
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Non-linear progress, and it has differed across regions/societies at different points in time. 2. 5 million years ago rustic tools appeared and became increasingly sophisticated. At the end of the last ice age (-10,000 years ago) we became less nomadic and more sedentary. Slowly transitioned to an agricultural society (cultivated plants, domesticated animals) Craft specialization was the next major shift (-6,000 years ago) Increased sophistication in the organization of work and the creation of cities. A burden necessary for human survival or maintenance of social order. A way to achieve independence from nature or other humans and express creativity. Work not so much as a family unit or community work, but move into the realm of work as a very individualized activity. An abstract quantity of productive effort; tradable economic value. Work is seen as very synonymous with units of labor, and those units are no different than land, capital, technology, equipment, etc.
