Noel Hawkins Michelle Jones AP world history 7/24/13 Chapter Three Around 3200 b.c. egalitarian villages to big for socially stratified cities were made possible by an intensification of agriculture in which part of the population produced more food than was needed for its own subsistence. This surplus food could sustain everyone so not everyone had to be a farmer anymore. In uruk and other parts of the world a ruling elite would distribute the food. This made intensification which divide the rich and the poor: rulers and farmers.
This caused them to sty poor and some to become even more so poor. While the agriculturalists took this damage, the manufactures didn’t have to suffer like they did,. Instead, they grew wealthier and enjoyed many pleasures. As you can see, the thought was that the government should provide revenue for the agriculturalists as well since they favor the north over the south. Another argument of the time, was that a geographical line had been drawn to divide the people.
Assumptions: Existence of adequate number of farmers whose needs remained unaddressed till then. Absence of organized retail supply chain in urban areas till mid 1920’s. Emergence of middle class who were eager to buy high end products, but at a reasonable price. Revenue model: Profits from volume sales of products at retail outlets, which were produced at their own manufacturing units. Profits from huge sales in the untapped rural markets.
This shift in the location of work continued to escalate throughout the era, and even somewhat to this day. Moving from the subsistence farm to the factory changed everything though. Moving into wage labor meant that there was more reliance on others than the previously almost self-reliant farmers. Factory work also led to a concept of leisure time, which had never existed before on the farm. Factory work had some disadvantages though, for one people began to lose the feeling of self satisfaction from creating things since they often only a part process.
Also, 200,000 black Americans gained more work from the The Civilian Conservation Corps.In addition, it created the Agriculture Adjustment Administration which helped to modernize farming methods and materials in order for farmers to create more goods. As mentioned before, one may argue that The New Deal did help Americans in any way. This may be because it never solved on going economic issues that the government was encountering and this, found complicating. Furthermore,some acts of the New
d. In the future, there will be a major reorganization of kinship and the family, which will restore power to the elderly. 23. Chiefdoms and agricultural states are classified as __________ because they provide little opportunity for social mobility. Industrial states, on the other hand, are considered ___________ because social status can be achieved through individual
Consumer Society of America T.H. Breen’s essay clearly points to the driving influence that foreign goods had on all the early American colonies. Through numerous historical examples, we can see that this idea of the first settlers being “self-sufficient” farmers, humbly living off the land with no thought of playing a part in the consumer revolution is unlikely. The settlers came to rely heavily on foreign trade to ensure their families survival and continued wealth and prosperity. Consumer objects had little productive or explicitly practical value; their purpose was more cultural.
“There is so much chaos in this world that order cannot rise enough to the surface to help balance out the chaos that consumes our world today. When I was younger, I was so naïve and blind to the mistakes that the government had mad but now that I am older, I can see a way to help us. I always thought of this country to be the land of the free but one look back at history can tell you otherwise. My people lived in peace and harmony with this country and we allowed the colonists to use our land to farm and grow crops needed to survive. Little did they know that the colonists would soon take away the freedom and serenity that my people had lived in for so long but if I am allowed into office by the people of America, I can hope that I will make us truly free though I do not make promises because I know not of what the future holds, only that it will surprise us around every corner.
Zane Laufenberg Moriann Barker ANTHR 101 7 October 2013 Farming is Beneficial There are arguments like in the article The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond that say it was a huge mistake when the human race went from hunting and gathering to agriculture. I strongly disagree and believe that by becoming a farming race humans have been able to advance in technology quicker and now a large population of people can live stationary in a small area. Diamond makes the point that the bushmen of the Kalahari can easily live off the land and have a good amount of leisure time. This may be true but they also have not advanced a great deal in technology either. People in farming civilizations may work many more hours a day but they also enjoy the perks of technology.
Fitzgerald breaks the values of the rich down, to reveal the ugly truth – most people in this lavish lifestyle are arrogant, ignorant, and selfish. Fitzgerald does so by comparing Tom, who represents the upper class in his novel, with Jay Gatsby, who represents the people that have just earned their money (self made society). At the end, Gatsby has all the good qualities you’d expect from the upper class, and Tom does not. For example, Fitsgerald compares Tom and Gatsby’s manners. Knowing what to do and good manners are qualities often attributed to the upper class.