Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Gentrification
26 Aug 2015
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Three elements characterized these preindustrial cities: existence of food surplus in fertile valleys, permitted specialization of labour in zones of dense settlement, achievement of literacy among scribes, priests and other elite (allowed for keeping of financial and other records, technological innovations (agricultural irrigation, harnessing of wind and water power for sailing and grain milling) Industrial city first in england and later in europe and america, larger, complex more dynamic contribution to growth of industrial cities: one theory emphasizes advances in transportation and agricultural tech, inasmuch as these factors contributed to production and movement some emphasize boom in trade and commerce, provided powerful inducement to greater investment, tech improvement and increased agricultural productivity shift in sources of capital accumulation: how factories raised money needed to build and improve facilities urban growth linked to invention of the factory: needed to be by river, then steam powered machines, then cities.
