1a: Describe pre-industrial rural life and cottage industries What was life like before machines? 2 things: life and home how production worked large‚ mostly poor lower class; small‚ mostly rich upper class (no middle class) 9/10 people on farms many items handmade knew very little about outside world => travel difficult domestic industries => home business mostly making cloth “home-based textile makers” v. few people literate raised food on small farms textile manufacturing => first
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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance‚ Planning and Economic Development and AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance Distr.: General E/ECA/CM/46/2 AU/CAMEF/MIN/2(VIII) 7 March 2013 Abidjan‚
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Mining refers to the process of extracting metals and minerals from the earth. Gold‚ silver‚ diamond‚ iron‚ coal‚ and uranium are just a few of the vast array of metals and minerals that are obtained by this process. In fact‚ mining is the source of all the substances that cannot be obtained by industrial processes or through agriculture. Mining reaps huge profits for the companies that own them and provides employment to a large number of people. It is also a huge source of revenue for the government
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History of industrialisation Main article: Pre-industrial society A Watt steam engine‚ the steam engine fuelled primarily by coal that propelled the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and the world.[10] Most pre-industrial economies had standards of living not much above subsistence‚ among that the majority of the population were focused on producing their means of survival. For example‚ in medieval Europe‚ 80% of the labour force was employed in subsistence agriculture. Some pre-industrial
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The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations. [1] Industrialisation (orindustrialization) is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from anagrarian society into an industrialone. It is a part of a widermodernisation process‚ where social change and economic developmentare closely related
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activity will shoulder all expenses appurtenant to the training. Participants‚ however are entitled to collect travelling expenses‚ subject to the availability of funds and auditing rules and regulations. Thank you very much and trusting that this invitation be acted upon with favour. Very truly yours‚ ABRAHAM A. PASCUA‚ Ph.D.‚ CESO III Provincial Director and concurrent Assistant Regional Director cc: MA. CRISCIA D. ALONTE Regional Coordinator Listahang Tubig Project
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Invitation to Sociology Peter L. Berger (1963‚ pp. 23–24) [2] noted in his classic book Invitation to Sociology‚ “The first wisdom of sociology is this—things are not what they seem.” Social reality‚ he said‚ has “many layers of meaning‚” and a goal of sociology is to help us discover these multiple meanings. He continued‚ “People who like to avoid shocking discoveries…should stay away from sociology.” As Berger was emphasizing‚ sociology helps us see through conventional understandings of how
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Industrialisation and the Family. Using material from item B and elsewhere‚ assess the claim that industrialisation led to the break up of the extended family. Industrialisation came about in the early 1900s. It was the growth of manufacturing and agricultural farmers went to the urban areas leaving the rural land behind looking for work. People say that industrilisation was the cause that led to the break up of the extended family. Talcott Parsons believed in the functionalist theory. He
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Malthusian Theory in relation to the Caribbean According to Chinapoo et Al (2014)‚ Thomas Malthus’s Theory (1798)‚ claims that population growth is determined by certain natural laws and food supply was the main limit to population. He argued that population increases faster than the food supply and compared the way in which each increases. Malthus ’ theory of population can be used to explain the dynamics of the relationship between population and resources in less developed territories. Since the
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people can be punished for sinning. Anyone who strays away from the set ideals or beliefs is punished and persecuted accordingly. The weakness in such societies is that the people in authoritative positions can become easily corrupted. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows how intolerance can lead to persecution through the characters of Danforth and Abigail and in his purpose for writing this play. Deputy Governor Danforth is not a tolerant man. He does not allow outspoken behavior in his courtroom‚ especially
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