GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anthropocene, Columbian Exchange, Comparative Advantage
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The concept where the holocene is more or less over (we have entered an epoch where humans are the most significant force changing the earth"s geology) Dates cannot be decided as there are different political factors (e. g. global emissions) There are two types of dates (proposed and preferred dates) as it was not clearly identified or decided which is the exact dates. The preferred start dates were derived from the proposed dates and deemed as generic markers. Industrialization: as set of events usually dated from ~1760, industrialization could be said to not trigger anthropocene. Industrialization includes both the columbian exchange and the development of nuclear weapons are both possible start dates as there is pre history in. Pollard: industrialization is not just about industrial structure and technology, but also about social life (get the exact definition from the lecture slide) o. Hobsbawm: he believes that industrialization was caused by economic and o.
