LABR 2P93 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joint-Stock Company, Atlantic Slave Trade, Working Animal

• School: Brock University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABR 2P93
• Professor: Nathan Smith

Document Summary

Efficiency of machinery and production increased considerably, but continued to be based on established energy platforms: water, wind, coal (and coal-fired steam) Electricity and oil, via the light bulb and the gas-powered internal combustion engine. Part of the age of exploration that was brought on by. The emergence of the company (such as the dutch. Capital was creating more wealth in highly unequal ways, and shaping new forms of labour. Work relations in this era were regulated by contracts, or understandings, that bound workers to masters for various terms of service, in exchange for subsistence usually. The growth and diversification of the working class. Slavery existed in many societies in 1500, but slaves were usually a small part of the population. In the 16th century, african slaves began to be imported to the americas to supply the growing staples industries, especially tobacco and sugar. By about 1700 in several parts of the.