SOC227H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Spinning Jenny, Industrial Society, Deindustrialization
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Soc 227 sept 8 textbook reading 1- chapter 1: historical perspectives on work (1700-1950s) pg. Definition of: work-> activity that provides a socially valued product or service (from intro pages) 12 to 1 employed to unemployed ratio (from page 2) Industrialization -> technical aspects of accumulation and possessing of society"s resources. Capitalism -> describes key aspects of the economic and social org of the productive enterprise. Industrial society -> inanimate sources of energy eg coal provide production system using tech to process raw materials. Power, control, inequality and conflict said to be the main causes of the rise of capitalism according to social scientists eg smith, durkheim, marx, weber (page 3) Mercantile/ commerical captialsim in the 1950"s and industrial capitalism which occurred later. Mercantile->european merchants made money by trading goods internationally eg spices. Trading evolved to africa, asia and the american colonies. Provided wealth that would fuel rise of capitalism.
