1)Sources of Industrial Growth a)Industrial Technologies i)Most impt tech development was new iron + steel production techniques- Henry Bessemer and William Kelly invented process to turn iron to steel, possible to produce large quantities and dimensions for construction, RRs ii)Steel industry emerged in Pennsylvania and Ohio (Pittsburgh notably)- iron industry existed, fuel could be found in PA coal iii)New transportation systems emerged to serve steel industry- freighters for the Great Lakes
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statistically the appalling nature of women’s working conditions in the home and their unpaid work and to challenge the set of conservative values which brand work as a man’s activity and assign women to the home in the role of wife, and also to dispute the biological determinist statement that women are reproducers and nurturers for whom housework is a natural extension of their maternal role. To amend these imbalances, Oakley wanted to expose men as oppressive employers and provide the gross biases
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1. Throughout the 18th century, many manufacturing processes were improved upon during the Industrial Revolution. For this reason, the inventions ultimately changed the livelihoods of Americans across the United States, making their lives much easier and simpler. One of the most famous inventions that greatly impacted how Americans lived was Howe’s sewing machine, which was later improved upon by Isaac Singer. Because of Singer’s sewing machine, it not only “revolutionized” women’s work, but also
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MAKE IN INDIA The Industrial revolution which started in 18th century which converted mainly Agrarian , rural societies of America and Europe and industrialized and urbanized them. Manufacturing at large scale , complex and efficient manner made those nation’s economy prosper . There is a chain of transformation throughout the world which is from Agrarian economy to Manufacturing based economy to Services based economy . But in case of India’s our GDP composition sector wise , Services(56.9 %)
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Labor Unions in the United States Posted Mon, 2010-02-01 17:21 by Anonymous Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Unions and Collective Action In capitalist labor markets, which developed in the nineteenth-century in the United States and Western Europe, workers exchange their time and effort for wages. But even while laboring under the supervision of others, wage earners have never been slaves, because they have recourse from abuse. They can quit to seek better employment
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Abstract The Garment District in New York City was the hub of innovative business practices in the early twentieth century. While many saw the sweatshops as progress for the American economy, unions saw this new business model as problematic for the progress of workers’ rights. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, although a tragedy, was the event that showed the necessity of unions to have direct involvement in legislation and policy. Using the extensive resources on the Triangle Fire from the ILR School
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Kazmine Christensen Chapter 24 Questions 1.The benefits of industrialization definitely outweighed the costs of industrialization. Industrialization cost a lot of money to help create many of the inventions involved in this era some of those including the railroads. Some of the costs of industrialization include; hard working conditions and environmental downgrades but mostly industrialization offered jobs to immigrants who couldn’t support their families without a job.The Industrializations also
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Sweatshops The word ‘sweatshop’ in today’s world has gained a predominantly negative connotation due to the Western perspective of this establishment. The term evokes a variety of emotions from people without a great deal of understanding of what the term describes or the reasons for its existence. As always, every issue has two sides, and in the case of sweatshops, it can be viewed as either the violation of human rights and dignity or as the building blocks of a country’s economy. This raises
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is performed (Loudoun, et al., 2009). This paper will define collective and individual agreements, analyse the differences between them, examine the role of employee voice, trade union involvement and the role of the State and regulation of the industrial relations system. It will consider the impact of the agreements upon both employees and outcomes achieved by businesses and will make the argument that the most efficient and productive form of workplace arrangements for business are collective
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The Progressive Era and the New Deal The reforms that occurred during the Industrial era and urbanization of America were mostly included in the numerous reforms of the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era in America encouraged the ideals of equality and greater power granted to the working class. The many reform movements such as women’s suffrage, workers’ rights, and the formation of a consumer culture made up the Progressive Era and continue to support the ideals that the era once promoted. The
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