SOCIOL 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mass Production, International Trade, Power Machines
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Mechanization of work = shift from working by hand or with animals to working with machine tools. Enables mass production taking place in factories. Rather than making whole product, each worker does special task (assembly line) Geographic specialization = different regions each mass produce one thing rather than each producing many different things. A shift from agricultural work to work in factories. International trade only small part of economy. Foreign commodities largely luxury products, consumed by few. Diffusion constrained by slow movement of goods/information. Transition from an agrarian economy (self-sufficient farming) to a manufacturing economy (turning raw materials into products for sale) People move from rural areas to cities where the factories are urbanization. The rise of wage labor = people working for a wage in factories rather than farming for their everyday needs. Industrial revolution = rapid and extensive industrialization in europe and. But also big inventions in machines, mechanizing production. And telegraphs, phones, allowing for faster communication.
