320f15 week4
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Globalization and CultureCapitalism & Colonialism II
Week 4September 23, 2015
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Chapter 4
What do we mean by the term industrial revolution?
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Chapter 4
Why was Britain the center of industrialization?
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Chapter 4
Why was Britain the center of industrialization?
● Naval power and war● An industry suited to industrializing = cotton● Economic structure that allowed for it to take
advantage of that industry = colonialism
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Britain: Slavery and Cotton● Cotton industry - there was money to be made
and it was rapidly expanding, so it attracted investment
●● Machinery was cheap, easy to construct, and
promised quick returns●● Raw materials - extracted from colonies
through slave labor, thus expanding supply; accident of coal supply and steam power
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Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
How has US history tended to depict Jefferson’s relationship to slavery?
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Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
How did that version of the “paradox” of Jefferson and slavery come to be?
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Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Wiencek’s article suggests several innovations introduced by Jefferson that impacted the development of slavery and capitalism. What were they?
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Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Wiencek’s article suggests several innovations introduced by Jefferson that impacted the development of slavery and capitalism. What were they?
● Industrialization and diversification/division of slave labor
● Recognition of the reproduction of enslaved populations as generating value
● Monetization - use of slaves as collateral
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George Mason and Slavery
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George Mason and Slavery
● Owned at least 300 slaves
● Did not free any slaves in his will
● Co-authored the Second Amendment to protect the rights of southern militias to hunt escaped slaves
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Slavery and Globalization
Why are we talking about 18th century slavery in a class on globalization?
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Ta-Nehesi Coates: Reparations
How does this essay by Coates connect to the other readings for this week?
What do you think about the argument he is making about reparations?
http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/08/26/17-major-companies-never-knew-benefited-slavery/
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Karl Marx,1818-1883
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Marxism 101
● history & class struggle● proletariat & bourgeoisie● commodity● use value & exchange value● labor power● wage labor● surplus value● social reproduction● reserve army