"American Industrialization began in the 1820s when American entrepreneurs lured British craft workers to New England to build a cotton textile industry," (Bentley 495). ... In 1800 about one-fifth of the British population lived in towns and cities of 10,000 or more inhabitants, yet by 1900 three-fourths of the population worked and lived in cities. ... During the eighteenth and nineteenth century, European and American populations rose sharply reflecting the rise in prosperity and standard of living. ... In 1700, the population of North America and South America combined was about ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Describing Britain to be the 'most obvious example' of this inequality, seeing as the richest '1% of the population owned 42% of personal wealth, 5% owned 75% and 10% owned 83%', and America's similar statistics that in 1953, 75% of corporate stock was divided between 1% of adults' (Miliband pp25-26), he attacks any belief in 'People's Capitalism' as invalid due to the fact that this 1% is a 'self-perpetuating oligarchy' entirely inaccessible to most of the population.1 The 'dominant class', he argues, 'uses the state&...

• Word Count: 2635
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Graduate

The internationalization of economic activity in Europe first took off in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with the development of new shipping technology that led to Spanish colonization of Latin America. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Sumner aptly justifies self-interest by explaining; "The person with ability, intelligence, and drive will rise to the prominence by successfully competing with all others result(ing) in both a more vigorous population and a better social structure," (77). ... This very idea of government intervention into social welfare is reflected heavily in American government today. ...

• Word Count: 1068
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• Grade Level: Graduate

According to Gibson-Graham, through centuries of influence from development through, Spanish colonization, and, subsequently, American occupation, the Filipinos are much more reluctant to stray from the current structure of development and become active members in developing their own communities. However, using the overseas population, the indentured migrant workers who send back remittances – the Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs) – have taken the lead in become stakeholders in the development of their native communities. Gibson-Graham believe that through continued work w...

• Word Count: 3546
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Graduate