SOCI 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Employer, Central Tendency, Barter
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It is a thought piece based a lot on the early part of the book and the lectures. The amazon film figures into the kind of question that has been asked. If we were to think about canada"s economic history during the 19th century we might come to the conclusion that canada"s economy transitioned from a pre-industrial economy to a capitalist economy. Loose parameters in terms of the time frame: the family was the main unit of production. Majority of the people worked: little specialization: if you went from farm to farm you would see the same the land as independent, small land owners. Everyone was really involved in the production of the family and what everyone did as members in the family contributed to the communal of the families" well-being. things replicated over and over again. This was for the families" consumption. because they didn"t have the land or the family network that would.
