GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Putting-Out System
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Cotage industry: small scale, home/family based, sill exists, but is of small economic importance. Industrial revoluion: began in great britain around 1750. There were changes in agriculture-new crops, new agricultural pracices, new agricultural machines. Changes in culture-the end of the guilds, the rise of capitalism, the english noncomformists: diferent industries: Ceramics: spread from britain to western europe, north america, eastern europe and east asia. Right-to-work laws do not guarantee that people have a right to work. They regulate contracts between employers and unions to: prevent closed shops (required union membership, prevent unions from collecing fees from non-union employees (free riders) Primary economic acivity: agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining. Proximity to inputs: if inputs are heavy, bulky or fragile, locate near inputs. Proximity to markets: if outputs are heavy, locate near markets. Site: describes the physical or ixed characterisics of a locaion.
