...The Romantics: Romantic poets view of nature range from spiritual to love. In many poems the description of God is expressed through animals that, such as the lamb, which would represent man as His flock. In some cases the role of nature is a meaningful way to express the human condition. It was also a way to relay a belief or express their thoughts, to carry them to the reader. Nature can be used to express all things to all men. William Blake used the lamb as well as the Tyger to express his views of God, good and evil. He also used it as a way to show his displeasure of the things that were happening in his time. “Little Lamb I’ll tell thee! He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb; He is meek & he is mild; He became a little child; I a child & thou a lamb, we are called by his name.” (Greenblatt, S., 2012, page 120). This expressed that Jesus was the lamb and that we are also so in his name. He was also expressing the treatment of children during this time. He was using nature as symbols and to show that we are all lambs of God and should be treated well. Wordsworth also spoke of nature he as well as Blake used images and patterns to express their emotions, imagination, and identity. In Lines Written in Early Spring, he speaks of the beauty yet still feels saddened and melancholy. He uses the beauty to express his sadness and the dark thoughts of what is happening in the world. This provides an amazing contrast. “The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch...
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...GKE Task 4 A. Justify your choice of the two most significant social consequences of the First Industrial revolution. The first social consequence of significance was the use of children as workers in both the farmlands and in the cities. It is amazing to me what some people will do to further development and their own wealth. Children were used as cheap labor and worked long hours. Factory owners took advantages of poor families by offering jobs to families, however with menial pay. Some families were forced to take what they could get. Often time children were just taken from their homes to work in the factories. Parents had little or no recourse against these kinds of tactics. The children themselves were forced to work in sub-standard, filthy and often dangerous conditions as this was also the time of machinery being introduced in factories. Beatings were commonplace for these children. Children worked out of fear. It is unbelievable that that in this day and age forms of child labor in other countries still exists. The Second social consequence of significance was urbanization. People and families in need of work flocked and naturally gravitated to the cities that house the factories. Desperately looking for work these people would be happy with any job. Much like with child labor these people were that advantage of with minimal pay and deplorable conditions. Because of the amount of people looking for jobs, job security was almost non-existent, you could just be...
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...important. I feel the five most important topics discussed in this class were the Industrial Revolution, the assembly line, the New Deal, the atomic bomb, and the Civil Rights Act. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most important events in United States history. The Industrial Revolution changed the way of life for Americans as many moved from an agrarian society in rural towns to an urban society in big cities where factories were located. Industrialization led to improvements in transportation and the railroad system which allowed factories to more efficiently transport raw materials. Additionally, the expansion of the railroad system led to the expansion of the United States bringing more remote parts of the country into the national market (“Rise”). The factory system led to increased production and created more jobs, but the working conditions were less than desirable with low wages, long hours, and unsafe conditions. These conditions led to the rise of labor unions and strikes demanding better pay and safer work environments (“Economic”). This led to the passing of laws and regulations protecting employees. The factory system also created different social classes with wealthy industrialists, a prosperous middle class, and a working class. Many factory workers were immigrants looking to create a new life in the United States and this led to a more diverse society (“Rise”). Had the Industrial...
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...Great advancements in technology have simply revolutionised our world. Nothing is the same as it was twenty years ago, where technology is concerned. With a simple click, you could perform a magnificent operation. These advancements are increasing rapidly and will surely leave an impact on our economy. The aim of this essay is to anticipate how technology will impact on our future economy with contrast to the events of the first and second industrial revolutions. Technological innovations are mainly divided into five categories. Firstly, there is information management. For example, smartphones will have better functions, data storage will become bigger and cheaper and monitoring of machines, processes and people will be easier and more widespread. These improvements will help farmers monitor the weather, doctors track our vital signs, engineers keep track of road and bridge safety and businesses better predict both what and how much to produce. Moreover, robotics might be the biggest visible change in our future world. Robots have been around for a while, but the next generation will be more agile, flexible, adaptable and probably able to learn and interact with humans. These characteristics will significantly expand their use in the workplace and everyday life. We will see increased use of these modern robots in factories, hospitals, stores and the home. One big spin-off of the robotic technology would be “autonomous” vehicles — that is, cars and trucks that can drive themselves...
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...two centuries. Until the 18th century, the real world GDP per capita almost remained stable. In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution occurred in Great Britain. The inventions such as the steam engine encouraged entrepreneurs to start new business as well as stimulated demand for capital. The profits that entrepreneurs made were allocated to savings, which in turn was invested in equipment and technology research and development. In other words, the development and innovation of technology, combined with rapid capital accumulation, accelerated the world productivity growth. The Industrial Revolution spread to Western Europe and the United States. This caused the world economy to surge exponentially. In the 20th century, the world achieved higher economic growth thorough further progressive technical innovations. At the beginning of the 20th century, the mass production method was introduced in the US and later popularized across the world. This means that the world explosively increased the supply side capacities. In addition, because of the liberalization of trade in goods and services and investment, the world economy has expanded further. In conclusion, the real world GDP per capita has expanded rapidly in the 19th and 20th century. I believe that this is because the continuous technological progress beginning with the Industrial Revolution, with the advent of industrialization, capitalism, and globalization, has led to the sharp increase in supply side...
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...PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. CARMELITA ALVAREZ, appellant. D E C I S I O N PANGANIBAN, J.: In illegal recruitment, mere failure of the complainant to present written receipts for money paid for acts constituting recruitment activities is not fatal to the prosecution, provided the payment can be proved by clear and convincing testimonies of credible witnesses. The Case Before us is an appeal from the January 28, 2000 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City, Branch 93, in Criminal Case No. Q-94-58179. The assailed Decision disposed as follows: “WHEREFORE, the foregoing premises, the court finds the accused CARMELITA ALVAREZ guilty of Illegal Recruitment committed in large scale constituting economic sabotage. Accordingly, the court sentences her to serve [the] penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine [of] P100,000.00. She is further ordered to indemnify the following complaining witnesses in the amounts indicated opposite their names: Arnel Damian P 16,500.00 Joel Serna P 18,575 plus US$50.00 Antonio Damian P 6,975.00 plus US$50.00 Roberto Alejandro P 47,320.00”[2] The July 18, 1994 Information[3] was filed by State Prosecutor Zenaida M. Lim. It charged Carmelita Alvarez with “illegal recruitment committed in large scale,” under Article 13(b) in relation to Articles 38(a), 34 and 39 of the Labor Code of the Philippines, as follows: “That sometime between the period from November, 1993 to March, 1994, in Quezon City, Metro...
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...Explain why Lord Liverpool’s government followed reactionary policies in the years 1815-20 Firstly, Lord Liverpool’s government followed reactionary policies between 1815 and 1820 because of a growing fear of revolution. The government feared revolution because they did not want Britain to face revolutions similar to those in France. Many of the events between 1815 and 1820 were seen by the government as the start of a revolution, indeed the Radical threat grew during the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution inspired people. The government construed events such as St Peter’s Fields to be the start of national uprisings, this is why the government had to respond harshly and break up the meeting, to stop what they thought to be a revolution from occurring. To us in the present, these policies look as if they were only making matters worse, by responding too harshly, indeed there were riots after Peterloo that confirm this. However, the government of the day and the authorities were paranoid that the working classes were going to try and overthrow them, this is one of the reasons they followed reactionary policies in these years. Secondly, Lord Liverpool’s government followed reactionary policies because of economic depression caused by the end of the war. There was economic depression because 400,000 soldiers returned home and there was a fall in demand for war goods such as timber and iron. The government was dominated by the land owners and the farmers in 1815 and this...
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...affected American culture and economics, while ushering in a new standard of mass communications. While paper printing can be traced back to China as early as 100 c.e, modern printing did not emerge until the mid-fifteenth century. At that time, the printing press was introduced. The printing press was a conglomerate of machine duplication, rapid duplication, and faster production. These three elements were necessary for mass-market innovation. Information and ideas could now be spread faster and farther than ever before. With the evolution of the printing press, production of mass quantities at lower costs per unit became essential in mass production of other goods. This led to the Industrial Revolution, modern capitalism, and the consumer culture of the twentieth century. “With the revolution in industry came the rise of the middle class and an elite business class of owners and managers who acquired the kind of influence formerly held only by the nobility or the clergy. Print media became key tools that commercial and political leaders used to distribute information and maintain social order”. (Campbell, R., Martin, C., & Fabos, B. (2012). Media and culture: An introduction to mass communications (8th ed. Ch1 Pg 8). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s). This development influence American culture because it fed t5he idea of individualism. People became likely to rely less on their local community and their commercial, religious, and political leaders for guidance in an effort...
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...British Economic History Supervision 4 ''Qualitative aspects of living standards, such as the disamenities of urban living, have become the decisive factors in evaluating whether the English working classes benefited from Industrial Revolution''. Introduction One of the most controversial issues of British Economic History is the living standards during the industrial revolution. ''Pessimists'' against ''optimists'' oppose their ideas about whether the standards of live during the industrial revolution improved,deteriorated or remained stable. On the one hand,optimists like Jeffrey G.Williamson, held the view that although some workers suffered from harsh working conditions and were working more days,the increase in real wages could offset these disamenities and as a whole,the majority of people lived from 1760 to 1850 benefited from the industrial revolution in terms of standards of life. On the other hand,pessimists like Charles H. Feinstein argued that the living standards of life deteriorated for the working class in early industrialisation. The main difference in the perception of judging the living standards between optimists and pessimists is the distinction between the importance of qualitative and quantitative factors that influenced the lives of workers during industrialisation. On the ''quantitative side'',optimists base the arguments on real wages,life expectancy and on the move to the cities away...
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...During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, child labor became popular and very common to the public. Even though it was common, only a few people knew the details of the punishment and pain children were put through to get a small amount of money to support their families. Children weren’t able to get an education and were forced to work at as young four. Many got diseases and sicknesses that affected them for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately, many people listened to their heads and not their hearts. Many felt that child labor was wrong, but not very many fought to end it. The dangerous conditions and long hours negatively affected the children that lived it. Without the advocates tirelessly working to stop child labor thousands of children would have lost their lives. As the nation’s economy was expanding, many more factories were being built. As industries grew, the demand for workers also increased. Mill owners hired mainly women and children because they could pay them half the salary they would have to pay men. Children were also hired because of their size. Since they were normally smaller, it was easy for them to go inside and fix the machines or to change spindles. Soon, many businesses were using children as part of their regular work force. Since children could be hired cheaply and were too young to complain, they were often employed to replace adult workers. In industries where large numbers of children were employed, their low wages pulled...
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...Gabrielle D’Amato TSEM Writing Assignment #2 The Role of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this time period, societies in Europe and America lead to urbanization. For the first time, humans moved from an agrarian lifestyle to an urban lifestyle. Industrialization marked a shift in power, machinery, factories, and mass production. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing was usually done in people’s homes, using their hands or basic machines. The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. One specific manufactory that was transformed by this innovation was the way we produced clothes, which is now known textile industry. The textile industry can be described as industries that are primarily concerned with the design or manufacture of clothing as well as the distribution and use of textiles. Before machines and factories, people created textiles in their own homes, which required long tedious hours of hard work. They had the most basic equipment and provided themselves with all the raw materials. The problem with not being a legit foundry or business, led to people only working when they felt like working and on their own schedules. Either not enough products were being made or the results were inefficient. As the industrial revolution began to spread, the physical demand for labor was decreasing...
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...Organisational culture is the collective behaviour of humans who are part of an organisation and the meanings that people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organisational values, visions, norms, working language, systems, symbols, beliefs and habits. Organisational culture affects the way people and groups interact with each other, with clients and with stakeholders. The type of organisational culture implemented within a business can be seen as detrimental to the reasons why a business appears to have acted illegally or unethically. For example, huge corporations such as Nike who have obtained and implemented a type of organisational culture which is based on the power sub-type of organisational structure. Power is a type of organisational structure and means that power and decision making within the firm is delegated between just a few individuals. Centralised organisational structures are also associated with businesses that a implement a power sub-type of organisational culture. Businesses such as Nike and GAP that have acquired an organisational structure like the above sort, are implemented in scope to generate substantial profits. Firms that operate solely to generate abnormal profits are considered much more likely to take part in illegal or unethical practices, partly due to the fact that these firms are highly focused in cost minimisation. Consequently, cost minimisation can lead to the participation of firms into illegal or unethical practices, thus meaning...
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...spoiling, we had to keep our food in cellars or in running streams in our back yards. Now a day’s kids ride trolley’s to and from school, but when I was a child we had to walk for miles in the snow, rain, and sometimes violent storms. These kids think they have it bad, well I wish they were around to see what all we had compared to what they have today. The Morse code for example we didn’t have that but they do and they can send messages to people all over the country. They have iceboxes which also mean they have fresh food for weeks. They have running water in the house so no more running to the well to get fresh water. Bathrooms in the house, no more running outside late at night to use the bathroom. The time is changing so much. An industrial revolution is happening right before my eyes. Things are being produced more rapidly and efficiently. Factories are hiring large amounts of workers which means a lot of new houses are being built. There are apartments for people who don’t need houses and large housing facilities for people with large families. Our lives are changing so much that I hardly get to see my wife, I come in from the factory, eat and go to bed to get up early in the morning to head off to work...
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...Nike was established in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight. Nike has $10 billion in annual revenues and sells its products in 140 countries. Nike has been dogged for more than a decade by repeated accusations that its products are made in sweatshops where workers, many of them children, slave away in hazardous conditions for less than subsistence wages. Many reporters, TV shows, companies and organizations have repeatedly exposed negative comments towards Nike. For example, a “48 Hours” news report aired on October 17, 1996 regarding a Nike factory in Vietnam, which was visited by reporter Roberta Baskin. The reporter discovered that Nike hired millions of workers who are literate, disciplined, and desperate for jobs at wages lower than minimum wage. Another example of the criticism against Nike came from a newsletter published by Global Exchange. The newsletter uncovered that the majority of Nike shoes were made in Indonesia and China, countries with governments that prohibit independent unions and set the minimum wage at rock bottom. Nike formulated a number of strategies and tactics to deal with the problems of working conditions and pay in subcontractors. In early 1997, Nike also began to commission independent organizations such as Ernst & Young to audit the factories of its subcontractors. Finally, on May 12, 1998 Nike founder Phil Knight spelled out a series of initiatives designed...
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...What changes in the organisation of time, space and discipline are associated with the emergence of modern industrial work? Word Count: 1620 This essay will discuss the changes that occurred in the organisation of time, space and discipline, as a result of the emergence of modern industrial work, whereby society relied upon the use of science, technology and ultimately mechanisation to produce its goods and services. The transition of home based independent work to working for a boss in a factory had many accompanying impacts upon society. Between the years 1300 to 1650, there was a major change in the intellectual culture of Western Europe, towards the apprehension of time (Thompson 1967, p.56). The pre-industrial era was characterized by the organisation work around the four seasons. Work was focused upon the time of year, which would then determine the length of the task and the type of task which would be carried out. Thompson (1967, p.59) suggests there was a disregard for clock time, with focus on the work of Synge; who in his account of the Aran islands states a classic example of this indifference ‘and when I tell them what o’clock it is by my watch they are not satisfied, and ask how long is left them before twilight.’ This suggests during this pre-industrial period, workers were oblivious towards the clock time; rather the time of the day and its proximity to sunset would have a more significant effect in determining their working hours. Although Thompson’s...
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