LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Blue-Collar Worker, Corporate Capitalism, Scientific Management
5 Apr 2014
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Assembly lines are most important (simple tasks) Corporate capitalism (larger corporations become a much bigger part of the economy. Ex ford, gm, oil companies, tire companies, etc. become powerful and household names that we still use today) Canada is a resource industry (wheat, timber, pulp and paper, and most importantly, mining/coal) Canada enjoys huge benefits in this time, ever since 2nd i. r. Canada plays a huge role in mining industry. Wilfred laurier is prime minister at the time, Manufacturing in canada develops much more, most manufacturing in canada are. American companies setting up in canada: branch plant economy in canada, what we have, is driven by american companies. The physical layout of a 2nd i. r. plant is fundamentally different than one from the 1st i. r. New plants look like warehouses (lots of room for assembly lines) 1st i. r. plants had to have windows because they didn"t have electricity. But now there is electricity, so plants did not have windows.
