...as Asia and the Americas. This essay aims to explore how the Industrial Revolution affected the textile industry in India and Iran as a result of the amalgamation of the webs into a single cosmopolitan web, where communication, new inventions and technology were easily shared within different aspects of the world. During the course of this essay, the focus will be on the emergence of the Industrial Revolution and the discovery of fossil fuels as a cheap energy source, and how this affected the British position in the textile industry. Furthermore, factors affecting...
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...Macy’s Macy’s zoomed up the list more than any other retailer, increasing its brand value by 62 percent to rank 40, up from 49 last year, according to Interbrand. The retailer’s decision nearly a decade ago to drop all of its regional department store nameplates — from the Bon Marche in Florida to Marshall Field’s in Chicago – and convert them to the Macy’s brand has paid off, despite ample criticism at the time that the stores would lose their local flavor, Interbrand executives told Forbes.com, in an exclusive interview. “It’s truly validated their commitment to a single brand strategy across markets in the U.S.,” said Justin Wartell, managing director of Interbrand Design Forum, Interbrand’s retail arm. In turn, the department store has honed a consistent, “best-in-class, omni-channel” message via its brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce and mobile sites, firing on all cylinders with compelling merchandising initiatives, trend-right fashions, and by leveraging a roster of brands that appeal to its diverse shopping base — be they Michael Kors orRachael Ray, he said. Also on Forbes: 10 Comeback Brands Of 2013 Amazon The e-commerce pioneer’s brand value soared 46 percent, climbing to secure the number four spot on the list, up from nine in 2012. Amazon continues to “demonstrate an understanding — in an incredibly intimate and specific way – of how consumers buy the products they choose and how [to be] relevant to those customers,” Jez Frampton, global CEO...
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...ed however that religion does in fact cause social change. Yet some believe that religion can be both a conservative force and a force for social change. Max Weber believed in the social action theory, where religious beliefs of Calvinists helped to bring about social change. This is supported in item A ‘religious ideas can be a powerful motivation for change, as Weber showed in his study of Calvinism.’ The emergence of modern capitalism in Northern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries was due to Calvinist beliefs. Calvinists had several distinctive beliefs. Predestination, where god had predetermined whether a soul will be saved or not and there is nothing you can do to change this. Devine transcendence, no individual can claim to know god’s ill, which made people feel inner loneliness and ‘salvation panic’. Asceticism, abstinence, self-discipline and self-denial were required by Calvinist’s and prepared them for a life under capitalism. Vocation or calling, Calvinist’s introduced the idea of this worldly asceticism, which meant constant methodical work in occupation and was a religious duty. Again preparing people of life under capitalism as it requires hard work. Weber did not say that Calvinism was the cause of modern capitalism, but that it was one of the causes. Weber’s theory is often seen as a direct assault on Marx’s theory. Bruce was interested in the relationship between religion and social change he compaired two examples of religiously inspired protests...
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...A mother leaves her daughter a map, but no legend to later unlock its true meaning. A relevant figure in this instance is Danielle Geller, a renowned writer of personal essays and memoirs who wrote “Heirloom.” Geller focuses on the idea that artifacts, especially heirlooms, can hold the weight of family traditions, memories, and even one's identity. In “Heirloom,” she explores how these objects represent connections to the past, even when those connections are filled with loss, pain, and complications. Geller’s essay analyzes how these heirlooms assist her in understanding and coming to terms with her own identity as she sorts through the remnants of her mother’s life following her passing. Pathos is evident throughout the essay as Geller deeply explores her emotional connection to her mother’s belongings and the memories they evoke. Geller sets the stage by describing a specific scenario in which she goes through her mother’s possessions, especially the family photos. Those images act as pathways between Geller and her mother’s past, helping her gain a better understanding of it. There are Already Vue moments where she can piece together a puzzle. Geller also mentions her resignation, knowing she would never be able to meet her mother’s parents—her grandparents—who have all unfortunately passed away. They are now merely pictures of family members whose names she will never know; a chronicle with no storyline. This emphasizes that heirlooms have the ability to inspire a connection...
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...Industrial Revolutions. They transformed demographics, working methods and economic structures. Their consequences impacted on the family income, both in terms of how money was earned and who in the family earned it. One of the consequences of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolution was a shift in populations to more urban areas. The revolution also impacted on the self-sufficient economy of rural life with increased reliance on industrial employment. This essay will examine these changes and discuss how they impacted on women and the family. This will be achieved by examining the changes in gender roles and, in particular, changes to women’s roles in the family and society and how this directly impacted on the shape and function of the family. The aim is to explore the cultural and economic shift in eighteenth century society from a mainly rural, agrarian society to and more urban, industrialises society. The essay will also consider how these changes impacted on family life during this period. The issue which this essay focuses on is; that as women and children began to play a greater role in the work place the shape and function of family changed. Eighteenth century life was dependant on agriculture. During the early years of the century over eighty percent of the population were living in rural areas. Although there were demographic changes occurring, with people leaving rural areas to seek employment in the towns and cities, both the rural people and those in towns and...
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...the temples and for tribute (Cordry 5). The most prevalent and influential aspect of women’s clothing in ancient times is the huipil, which is still prominent in Guatemalan and Mexican culture today. The present essay seeks to interpret and decipher the meaning of a contemporary huipil blouse displayed at the Penn Museum Collections, by exploring popular designs and patterns found in the ancient Maya and contemporary Maya textile representations. Ancient Maya Huipiles In Mesoamerica, rarely have any textiles remains been recovered, for this reason, there has been extensive research done on other artifacts that display...
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...and the first half 19th century. This Revolution effected both the South and North America. Indeed, the innovation and the modern machines turned the north into a manufacturing region and allow America to manufacture goods by itself. In contrast, the South still be loyal with agricultural society and received a majority goods from the North. My followed essay is going to clarify the different effects of the American Industrial Revolution on the North and the South. In the North, the Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry. The textile industry, which increased the gross output of textiles from 2.6 million USD in 1778 to 68.6 million USD in 1860, are quickly extended. Britain had forbidden the engineers, mechanics, and tool-makers to leave the country because they did not want to spread their secrets of industrialization. Nevertheless, in 1789, a young British mill worker, Samuel Slater, came to America, brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain and built the first American factory in Rhode Island in 1790. In 1813, Francis Cabot Lowell of Boston and four other investors revolutionized the American textile industry. They mechanized every stage in the manufacturing cloth and created their new factory in Waltham, Massachusetts. By the late 1820, the factory of Lowell became a marked change of manufacturing and a...
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...During the industrial revolution, the textile industry was a vast market of economic prosperity and technological innovation. Friedel even quotes it as being “the most important trade in England” (Friedel, p. 213). But why was it this particular industry that thrived and flourished? Both the lecture and course readings seem to point at the fact that it catered to the already materialistic society. This essay will address points of interest from the lecture regarding the industrial revolution. It will also expand upon Friedel’s view of the textile industry as being a staple industry and the beginning of factory production. Finally, I will share my own view of the industrial revolution as well. The scene during the industrial revolution should have been one of sadness and turmoil. The rapid population growth that was happening at the time, coupled with the limited resources in England should have caused utter catastrophe. Instead, economic prosperity of unprecedented proportions resulted, making England the richest country per capita that the world had ever seen. This could in part be attributed to a change from an “organic economy” to a “mineral economy”. Instead of relying on the surface of the land, there was a shift towards using minerals to support the economy. This caused a great increase in industry and factory production. There was also a reliance on new resources (such as sugar, timber, furs, cotton, and coal), labour forces (growing population, Irish immigrants, women...
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...Brian Mathews English 101 Hofreiter 4-2-13 Technology Taking Our Jobs In the 19th century, The British textile industry was one of the main contributors to the start of the Industrial Revolution. Many self-employed British tailors found themselves out of work with no way to earn income through their profession. It forced tailors out of their jobs because Britain’s textile industry was more efficient than a self employed tailor and the quality was still pretty high. They became obsolete very quickly and if they didn’t find another job, the children and families of these tailors would soon starve or become homeless. As more technologies were invented during the Industrial Revolution, more and more professions became outdated which forced many people to become unemployed. What people don’t realize is that we are still facing the same problem 200 years later. Technology is slowly replacing human jobs in order to make production and services cheaper and more efficient. Based on history, becoming replaced by a machine is inevitable to many people in many areas of work. Although technology is creating jobs, at the same time it is killing them off at an even greater rate. Many people are finding themselves no longer needed to carry out the same job that would be impossible without them 15 years ago. “In the United States, half of the 7.5 million jobs lost during the Great Recession paid middle-class wages, and the numbers...
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...Trade protectionism is any economic policy by a government to impose restrictions on import goods and services, provide special preferences to domestic goods and services to enhance the competition. There are two basic ways of trade protectionism, one is tariff barrier, another is called non-tariff barriers, including quotas, subsides and administrative barriers. This essay is to talk about the main ways of protectionism and its definition with some real examples. Tariffs are import taxes, raising the price of imported products to limit the number of imports, causing a contraction in domestic demand and an expansion in domestic supply (Riley, 2006). Normally, the volume of imports is reduced and the government received some tax revenue from the tariff. While, the Section 201 steel tariff is another case. In 2002, US imposed tariffs on imports of certain steel products for three years and one day (Francois & Baughman, 2003). Immediately, the European Union announced that it would impose retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., thus risking the start of a major trade war (Francois & Baughman, 2003). In this way, the price of both sides got higher, made impacts on each other. Steel tariffs caused shortages of imported product and put U.S. manufacturers of steel-containing products at a disadvantage relative to their foreign competitors. As a result, 200,000 Americans lost their jobs to higher steel prices during 2002. In the absence of the tariffs, the damage to steel consuming...
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...organizational characteristics of contemporary business? How do these ideas help to explain variations in economic performance? The level of economic development of the country effects development of institutions and characteristics of the business, which in return affect performance. In first part of the essay we will discuss early industrialisation and different theories of late development. After discussion will lead us to key institutions: financial markets, textile industry in relation to business group and labour market and steel industry with relationship to government intervention. In the conclusion we will discuss the current situation, highlight that there is no perfect system. There are many factors that effect economic performance and in order to be successful the changes in the world should be accommodated with the changes in institutions and organisational characteristics. The main characteristics of industrialisation are changes from agricultural to industrial economic structure, substitution of machines for human skills and replacement of home-made by purchased in stores goods. The First Industrial Revolution happened in early 18th century in textile industry in UK, they had technological means, right institutional and organisational characteristics, government encouragement, and a large and varied trade network. Britain became the world's leading industrial power, producing more than half its iron, coal and cotton cloth, with most of their raw materials...
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...What is sustainable marketing? Monday, 15 August 2011. Posted in Blog |[pic] | |Sustainable marketing is the adoption of sustainable business practices that create better businesses, better relationships and a | |better world. At Sustainable Marketing Services, we believe sustainable marketing involves the following five key elements. | |1. Embed sustainable business practices into your business strategy | |Embed sustainable business practices right into your business strategy - don't bolt them on as an after-thought: set measurable | |goals; list the key activities you will undertake to achieve these goals; make a senior resource accountable for the success of these| |goals. | Examples of sustainable business practices include: • Optimise the performance of your business • Create strong relationships with your customers, other businesses, staff and community • Balance your budget and ensure your financial sustainability • Help your business community to prosper • Reduce your carbon footprint. 2. Deliver marketing activities that create ongoing growth. Businesses have limited financial, human and capital resources, so focus your...
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...J. P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway From 1820 to 1870, the Industrial Revolution brought innovations and growth to America’s economy. Of those breakthroughs rose the railroad and textile industries. With the railways falling into debt, John Pierpont Morgan was asked to intervene. Multiple railroads fell under his control due to his reorganization of the industry and his actions came to be known as “morganization.” Founded in 1889 as Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates became one of the largest textile industries in the world. It was later recognized by Warren Buffett who seized control of the company and used it for further investments. This essay focuses on the question of: what can be learned by examining Morgan’s consolidation of the railroad industry and Berkshire’s astonishing growth? This era marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. Industrialization in America involved three important developments: the harnessing of electricity, improvements to the industrial process including the acceleration of production, and lastly the expansion of transportation. An improved transportation system was crucial for raw materials to reach the factories and manufactured goods to reach consumers. Morgan was fixated on the restructuring of railways and began by proposing agreements between major lines. “Oppressed by debt and overbuilding, more than a third of the country’s railway trackage fell into...
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...AMNA KHAN Sami House F-66 Block B, North Nazimabad, Karachi 74700. M: 0332-3142294 E: amnakhan_111@live.com Professional Profile I have a fervent and dedicated professional knowledge across the field of Textile Design Technology and Creative design. I can express a great deal of skill in managing projects from conception till its triumphant inception. I am capable of maintaining a consistent performance under pressurized working environment. Objective To attain an opportunity in a dynamic and reputed company where I can enhance and apply a broad spectrum of design processes, skills and knowledge and serve as a conscientious professional. Education Masters of Business Administration Institute of Business Administration (IBA) (currently) (MBA- Morning) B.Sc. (Hons) TIP 2011 Textile Design & Technology A-Levels Foundation Public School 2007 (Pre-Engineering) O-Levels The City School 2005 (Pre-Engineering) Major Projects Thesis: Fractal Geometry (2011) Focusing on the key aspect of fractals, I worked with action paintings and geometry to produce designs that depicted disorder at one glance but actually followed an order. My product was a Wall panel inspired by Origami. Print Design: Prints on floral, traditional, retro and organic themes, product creation, printing and finishing (trousers) and interior products created through weaving...
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...DBQ An Essay on Female Mill Workers in England and Japan: How Similar Were Their Experiences? AP World History The industrial revolution was a major period in history; especially for the manual laborer. One segment of the worker population were the women in the textile industry, specifically in England and Japan. Female workers in England and Japan shared similar experiences in the work place. The informational visuals and documents that detail age/gender statistics, economic concerns, and working conditions all contain occupational comparisons yet regional differences. Document 1 is a map of both countries and their physical locations on earth. Both are island nations and are surrounded by water. Because of their geography both were very independent. Document 2 illustrates a lithograph and a photograph from English and Japanese factories. The manufacture of textiles was critical in both civilizations. The lithograph of workers in England displays power loom mills while Japan’s photograph presents women who are working in a silk-reeling factory. An additional document that would help expand the understanding of Japan and England’s background would be a more advanced point of view on regional advantages and disadvantages to inform the differences in both countries work ethic. In both countries the manufacture of textiles was critical in their rise to power. Documents 3 and 4 portray the age/gender comparisons between not only Japan and England, but as well as the...
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