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| − | I found the reading to be incredibly eye opening and it truly shows the progression of technologies and the affects it had on the population. The essay on page 63 by Edmund S. Morgan, A Virginian Describes His Self-Sufficient Plantation, shows how much work and how many people were required to have a self-sufficient plantation. What is daunting is the Plantation Accounting from 1784 on page 64. It shows how difficult things were. You needed certain tools in order to make certain other tools. With this, you need increased labor which leads to the necessity for slave labor as well as skilled labor to produce the necessities. | + | I found the reading to be incredibly eye opening and it truly shows the progression of technologies and the affects it had on the population. The essay on page 63 by Edmund S. Morgan, A Virginian Describes His Self-Sufficient Plantation, shows how much work and how many people were required to have a self-sufficient plantation. What is daunting is the Plantation Accounting from 1784 on page 64. It shows how difficult things were. You needed certain tools in order to make certain other tools. With this, you need increased labor which leads to the necessity for slave labor as well as skilled labor to produce the necessities. |
| + | Leo Marx's essay was an enjoyable read. The essay was used to describe how the technological advancements that occured when America finally got their independence. Some founding fathers as well as some independent people of America were at first very sceptical with whole idea of machines and the thought of industrialization. Jefferson viewed machines as "human spirit liberation," but saw factories as "feudal oppression." -- Paul Kim | ||
== Midwife's Tale == | == Midwife's Tale == | ||
