-In this article it showed the forced labor that surrounded Potosi. Also it showcased the ever present slave labor and enforcers that would import millions of slaves just to keep the silver mines up and running. The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 50, No. 4 (Nov., 1970), pp.
The company expanded as Argentina continued to grow with more immigrants and economic expansion. Alpargatas served as a textile operation that found uses for its scraps to produce floor clothes, grid clothes, and flannel. It had textile mills for the fabrication of canvas and a cotton mill that supplied the raw material for the production system. In 1989 Argentina’s election and initial transition to democracy resulted in economic turmoil accompanied by hyperinflation of up to 200% per month. With the economy in turmoil Alpargatas decided to concentrate all its efforts on its core business which is textiles and shoes.
Mary Ralls February 7, 2014 History 3320 Colonial Latin America Dr. Mickey Crews Cities and Towns Mexico City, Lima, and Salvador de Bahia were three of the most important cities in Latin America. Great wealth flowed through the cities, which was provided miners, merchants, and agriculturists. The cities also served as political headquarters, tribunal and inquisition. Many men and women flocked to these three cities, they were the life of the cities, displaying their art and artisian. Zocalo the massive plaza was located in the middle of Mexico City, it was a vision of the colonial power structure.
The main item of trade was silver. China had a huge demand for silver due to its paper currency inflating to a less than useless figure. This inflation caused a need for new currency. The Chinese began using silver imported from Japan. The Single-Whip tax system required all taxes to be paid in silver.
For example, Mexico and Peru who had incorporated slaves as primary agricultural labor force had a less common slavery rate than Portugal/Spain did in Cuba and Portugal in Brazil. Main reasons included the gold and silver mining were abundant around this two empires; also agricultural surplus were massive than tropical export agricultural found in Brazil at the time before African slaves arrived to brazil. In addition, commercial political regulation and troublesome fleet system limited access to European consumers and additional potential profits. Concisely, african slave trade provided labor power that develop plantations around the Equatorial region and Caribbean. In order areas it was a supplement to labor for a declining indigenous population.
In today’s society women aren’t viewed as prized possessions instead they are human beings who share the same rights and privileges as men. In modern society woman have many rights such as; voting, buying and selling of land even if they are married, work in a co-ed atmosphere, joining the military, and politics to name a few. During the Blackstone era none of these things would have happen if women didn’t stand up and say I deserve the same rights and privileges as men. “Congress was the first to break ranks with the passages of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The first permitted women to serve o federal juries, the second required that all workers-women as well as men-be paid on an “equal pay for equal work” basis, and the third became the bulwark of the fight against sex discrimination in employment.” (Lingren, pg.40) Congress gave a listening ear to the voice of the women crying out for individual freedom that encompasses rights that were bestowed upon the opposite sex just because they were born male.
Living on a single income, with the husband supporting the family on his own sounds wonderful to a lot of women today, when husbands demand their wives work outside of the home. The "Women's Libbers" expect to be thanked, and do not understand why many women resent what they did. Society has changed so much that women may make quite a bit more money than men, and some husbands don't want to work at all. They are happy to be supported by their wives or girlfriends while they stay home and do anything they want to do. Unfortunately, what they want to do apparently does not include childcare or
Pizan so obviously from the start of her writing, introduces how women should behave (from the perspective of a princess), so that her actions shall be beneficial to her and her husband. By talking about the finances, which is radical, Pizan degrades women in all other aspects. Degrading is used in the sense that she does not promote equality in any other way other than the financial aspect. These women could be considered early feminists if they looked for equality in other things as well not just a specific
The industrialization in China has been a very important development because of the effects it has had on the social conditions and also the effect it has had on the economy. With the rapid growth in the economy there has been a corresponding growth of women migrating to the cities to find work. This can be seen especially in the growth of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, as thousands of young women have migrated there in search of work at the large factories that are along the cost. The migration of women to these areas of were the factories are is known as the “Global Assembly Line” (Mills, 2001, p. 9). Some of the main motivations behind a woman’s decisions to migrate to Shenzhen involve a lot of thought, but it comes down to the consideration of family, is it morally the right move, will it be a good move individually.
Globalization does however empower women to a certain extent by providing jobs and independence, which ultimately boosts the world’s economy. Globalization and economic development can be positive tools in the lives of women but neoliberal ideologies attached to globalization has led to the exploitation of the female labor force everywhere. More specifically, women in places like India and Bangladesh have little or no rights in the workplace and the work they perform has been compared to slave labor. The lack of knowledge plays a huge role in the growth of globalization and neoliberal policies. The western world for the most part has no idea what lies behind the clothes we buy and sell.