Introduction to Sociology
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Historical and Economic Changes
The earliest form of economy in the Americas was mobile hunting and gathering societies. Others were horticultural societies, which were based on the domestication of animals, farming, and generating a surplus of resources.The Agricultural Revolution refers to the social and economic changes, including population increases, which gradually increased the efficiency of food production. With the better farming, groups were allowed to be successful and stay in a single location for a long period of time.The Industrial Revolution was the major transformation of social life that developed from the assembly line, steam power, and urbanization.
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Socialism is an economic system based on the collective ownership of the means of production, collective distribution of goods and services, and government regulation of the economy. Communism is a system of government that eliminates private property. Communism erases social structure and orders as everyone works equally under the government. Karl Marx identified the shift from household production to factory work as an example of when people lose control over their production and the conditions of production, they become alienated and view work as a means to survive. --- service and knowledge