Monday September 4 Labor Day

Historical Geography of Labor Day (Diffusion)

Feudalism
*What was distinctive about the feudal system?
*What was different about the pre-capitalist world system compared to the Capitalist world system?

Capitalism
*When and where did Capitalism emerge?
*What are the major features of capitalism?
What is unique about markets under Capitalism compared to markets that existed earlier?
What is distinctive about the class system under capitalism compared to feudalism?
What do the authors mean when they say that money is a social product?
*What is commodification? What does it mean to say that time, space, and labor were commodified under capitalism? What are the difference between agricultural time and industrial time?
*How did Capitalism change the Geographical organization of societies?
*What is uneven development and what causes it under capitalism (according to Neoclassical and Political Economy views)?
Why is long distance trade integral to capitalism?
*How did the emergence of Capitalism facilitate the emergence of Nation States (and vice versa)?
*What do the authors mean when they say that Capitalism produced the National and International scales?

Industrial Revolution
What three transformations were important for the Industrial Revolution?
*What are Kondratiev Waves, what are the five major waves, and roughly when did they occur?
*What were the major consequences of the Industrial Revolution?

Colonialism
*How are Colonialism and Capitalism linked?
What were the two waves of colonialism and to which eras of Capitalist development are they linked?
*What were some of the effects of colonialism

Assignment for Next Time

Write up and prepare to present Lincolnway Field Study Results.