UNST 220 Understanding Communities
Dr. Martha J. Bianco
Module II Lecture Guide
Part III
The Rich Just Keep Getting Richer
Click here to go to Part I, Part II, or Part IV.
II. Income Inequality: A Dual Nation
B. Changing conditions affecting class conditions in the industrialized
city
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Feudalism |
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Watch this video about the feudal order. |
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2.
Mercantilism
and development of merchant class (1500s), living in cities (bourgs) =
bourgeoisie |
3.
Protoindustrial
era
a.
small-scale factory production
b.
division of labor
c.
separation of work and home
4.
Economic
changes
a.
agricultural crises
b.
gap between rural and urban
growth
c.
spread of profound poverty
d. Enclosure Movement (1600s)
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Industrial
Revolution
& technological changes in the means of production (1700-1900) See this Learning Unit on the Industrial Revolution. Causes: a.
Improvement in
agricultural methods (due to restrictions from Enclosure Movement) b.
Improvements
in textile production c.
Population
increases d.
Energy
revolution e.
Large
capital-owning financiers f.
End
of slavery g.
Increased
production-consumption cycle Consequences: a.
Growth of middle class b.
Growth
of secondary economic sector / decline of primary sector c.
Decline
of cottage industry d.
Increased division of
labor e.
Increased separation of
work and home f.
Changing expectations for
women g.
Increasing gaps between
“haves” and “have-nots” h.
Migration, urbanization,
transience i.
Changing ideas about
poverty The
Seven Ms: 1. Minds (vision,
ideas, willingness to take risks) 2. Manpower (plentiful
labor) 3. Managers (“scientific”
business methods and managerial leadership 4. Materials (coal,
iron, etc.) 5. Money (capital –
result of conquest & trade)) 6. Markets (result
of exploration & colonialism) 7. Modes of
transportation (rails, shipping, roads) |
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Study in Contrasts....
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Photo of coal miner’s
family, by Jacob Riis, around 1890 |
John D. Rockefeller, owner
of Standard Oil Co., around 1872. |
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Click
here for sketches and photographs by Jacob Riis, in his How the Other Half
Lives.
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Watch these videos about the industrial revolution:
6.
The End of the 19th
Century
Ø Watch these videos about the political, economic, and
social dynamics at the end of the 19th century:
or go to:
Module
II, Part I
Module
II, Part II
Module
II, Part IV
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