Hist 2c, L 5: Economic ("industrial") Revolution
by H. Marcuse, Apr. 15, 2003 (4/16: images will be added soon)

Main question, again (still): What made "the West" different from "the East"?

Papers due today

Olaudah Equiano, 1747/55-1797

LA Times, digital montageLA Times,  original Iraq photosFact vs. fiction

LA Times, 3/31 & 4/2/03 (digital montage of 2 Iraq photos, on front page 3/31, exposed as manipulated on 4/2/03)
discuss the relative importance of factual correctness vs. impact (same as with Equiano)

Previous lectures' questions [image of EIEIO model]

Concepts: revolution, economy

Types of Economic Org.

Confluence of factors

  1. Demographic "revolution"
  2. Fuel crisis (energy)
  3. Surplus money
  4. Organizational innovations (finances)
  5. New mindset
  6. Technological innovations
  7. Infrastructure (transportation)

1. Demographic "revolution"

2. Fuel crisis (energy)

3. Surplus money

4. Organizational innovations

5. New mindset

6. Technological innovations

Toyota's graph of business cycles7. Infrastructure

Announcements

Music / DVD

Inventors [did not get to this]


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