HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Common Era, Industrial Revolution, Skilled Worker
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A manufacturing revolution in song dynasty china (wtwa, pp. A. d. = in the year of our lord. Historical context: song dynasty (960-1279 c. e. , 2 shorter periods, northern song dynasty, 960-1126 c. e. The production of manufactured goods: pre industrial society (example: shoes) Craft production (example: cobbler: small amounts of custom-made products (one person can only make so many shoes) !1: highly skilled workers (cobbler knows how to cut, stitch, sew the leather) Wednesday, january 11, 2017: guilds or households. Non-mechanized production: relied on human labor. Mechanized production using animate sources of energy: human and animal labor, industrial society. Mass production: large amounts of standardized products (no custom made shoes>>sizes, low skilled worker (they don"t have to know how to do everything, just one task) (make sure the machines work, factories (no longer in cobbler"s guild) Mechanized production using inanimate sources of energy: hydraulic power, wind power, steam power, electric power, etc. Iron and coal industry in china: iron.
