Use Eric Hobsbawm’s views to examine the period of industrialisation in Britain from 1700-1850. Construct an illustrated and annotated timeline of the period. scenes from the industrial era Scenes from the industrial era n.d, n.p Available at[ Accessed on: 1st November 2015] Prior to the industrialisation life in Britain was very different to what you would have seen in the industrial revolution. From 1700 to 1850 a lot of changes had taken place. Many factories were built many inventions
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Fundamental Concepts Society - Society is made up of people, groups, networks, institutions, organisations and systems. These aspects of society may include local, national and global patterns of relationships. People belong to informal and formal groups, within and between these groups there are patterns of interactions. Culture - Culture refers to the knowledge, ways of thinking, feeling and behaving that give each society its coherence and its distinctive way of life. Culture is demonstrated
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A Vorster u17019843 SOC 210 Assignment 2 Tutor: Naledi 21 May 2018 Assignment 2 In this assignment I will critically answer and discuss the provided questions by doing research. 1. a) Globalisation- “Globalisation refers to a set of processes which involve the increasing multi directional flows of things, people and information across the planet” (Giddens & Sutton, 2013: p. 127). However, I would say that the meaning of globalisation is in fact the interrelationship everyone
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INTRODUCTION Development is a multi-faceted process. It is most often synonymous with the progression and growth from lower economic status to that which is advanced it be of a community or country such that its productivity noticeably increases. Many scholars as such agree that growth in economic proficiency as is brought about by economic growth is a yardstick for development. It is on this particular premise that this paper shall endeavour to describe economic growth and further elaborate
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Industrialisation and a surge in population sparked the rise of the Victorian Slum. Between 1700 and 1801 the number of people living in towns in Britain as a whole shifted from under a fifth of the population to over a third, by 1862 over half the population were living in towns. This dramatic change was attributed to a decline in employment within agriculture and a rise in urban industry. Low cost housing was built with no consideration for the needs of its inhabitants, houses were often without
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greatly improve the livelihood of the masses. Ultimately this investigation assesses the wisdom of Stalin’s decision to partake in collectivisation. This analysis does not assess Stalin’s abilities as a leader, the Ukrainian ‘holodomor’, or the industrialisation process in the Soviet Union. A number of sources were used in this analysis, and two of them are evaluated for their value and limitations. Summary of evidence: • Implemented in 1928 • By collectivising Stalin hoped to increase agricultural
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Malaysia’s rapid economic growth. After the independence in August 1957, the economy shifted from agriculture to industrialisation; an import-substitution strategy was adopted to reduce dependency on primary sector and simultaneously diversify the economy. By the late 1960s, with the exhaustion of import substitution, the Malaysian government made the transition to exportoriented industrialisation. The May 1969 election and ensuing race riots resulted in the increased state
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Rosie Edwards, Sociology essay: Many different sociologists have different interpretations and opinions upon the family, the family is a very sensitive issue to many of the general public, so it’s a subject matter in which needs to be dealt with carefully. Sociologists have different opinions on when and how families developed into the popular family structures that we have today, the dominant roles within those families etc. Here are just a few examples of this: Functionalists believe that the family
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How successful were Stalin's economic policies? Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans and collectivisation as his economic policies to improve Russia's industrial backwardness. Collectivisation consisted of state controlled farms, as 90% of the produce would go to the state. The peasants would join their small individual plots to form communal farms, leading to larger amounts of food. The five year plans were aimed at industrial improvements in agriculture and factories. In purely economic terms
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individual action, by establishing a minimal state and a reliance on market economics. These ideas developed a lot during the early industrialisation of the 19th century. Modern liberalism provides a qualified endorsement for social and economic intervention as a means of promoting personal development. These ideas were related to the further development of industrialisation. Classical liberals thought that the best way to promote individualism was to allow individuals to make the most out of their
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