Workforce Distribution and Industrial Revolution

Workforce Distribution During Industrialization

This document examines the distribution of the workforce (in percentage) across different economic sectors. The primary focus is on the structural changes in the British economy resulting from industrialization. It’s crucial to understand this as a *sectoral distribution*, and not, for example, a distribution by age or gender.

The Shift in the British Economy

The main idea is the profound structural change experienced by the British economy due to industrialization.

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Spain’s Economy: Sectors, Population, and Internet Impact

ITEM 5 PRODUCTION STRUCTURE

A / The Structure of Production in Spain

In recent years, Spain’s most important sector is the tertiary sector, indicating a process of outsourcing in the Spanish economy. The construction and agriculture sectors follow in importance, but to a lesser extent.

B / Economic Sectors

Economic sectors are divided into three main categories:

  • Primary Sector: Includes activities related to nature.
  • Secondary Sector: Involves the transformation of raw materials into consumer products.
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Agricultural Landscapes in Spain: Wet and Peninsular Zones

The Diversity of Agricultural Landscapes in Spain

Agricultural Landscape of Wet Spain

It comprises the north and northwest peninsular. The agrarian structure is characterized by:

  • A large population, which the field could not provide enough income for, so it was forced to migrate. Today, a predominantly dispersed, aging population is settled in the area.
  • The property system is characterized by smallholders. Farmers are owners of small parcels surrounded by hedgerows and far apart, reducing their profitability
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Humanization, Pre-Roman Iberia, and Roman Conquest

The Process of Humanization

Lower Paleolithic

There is general agreement that hominization begins in Africa with Australopithecus. It evolved into Homo habilis, which is the first human species. The earliest human remains in the Iberian Peninsula were found in the Sima de los Huesos in the Sierra de Atapuerca. Homo heidelbergensis served as a transition between Homo neanderthalensis and Homo antecessor.

Middle Paleolithic

100,000 – 35,000 years ago: Homo Neanderthal used small tools, useful as scrapers.

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Global Culture, Economy, and Societal Shifts

Perspectives on Global Culture

Skeptics: Emphasize the thinness of global culture relative to national cultures, highlighting contestation where integration and the spread of ideas and images provoke reactions and resistance.

Transformationalists: Focus on the intermingling of cultures and peoples, resulting in hybrids, glocalities, and new forms.

Hyperglobalizers: See a trend towards global cultural homogenization, driven by American or Western popular culture and consumerism.

Cultural Imperialism

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Age of Exploration: Discoveries and Conquests

European Trade Routes and the Age of Exploration

In the Middle Ages, European trade with the East was conducted through the Silk Road. Merchants traveled the Mediterranean, reached Constantinople, and from there, proceeded to Asia. The African Path involved reaching the Madeira and Azores islands, and later, the Gulf of Guinea. Regarding the Map of India, Vasco da Gama reached the coast of India in 1498, opening a sea route to the Moluccas. This era saw great development in cartography, with portulans

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