Soc. 101 - Social Problems
C. McGehee, Instructor

                            STUDY GUIDE WEEK 2


What did the instructor mean by "cottage industry"?  What are the key elements of
"cottage industry"?  How did it work?

What did the instructor mean by "the factory system"?  What are the key elements of
"the factory system"?  How does it work?

What is the relationship between living place and workplace in cottage industry and 
the factory system?

Discuss the nature of ownership of tools in cottage industry and the factory system. 
What is the implication of the difference?

Discuss who controls the productive process in cottage industry and the factory system. 
What is the implication of the difference?

How does physical and social mobility differ in cottage industry and the factory system? 
Discuss the implication of the differences.

Discuss the consequences of cottage industry and the factory system on values toward
self and others.

Discuss male and female roles in cottage industry and the factory system?  What
effects did the transition from cottage industry to the factory system have on:  men's
and women's roles; them as persons; their relationships?

What effects did this transition have on the role of children and the relationship
between parents and children?

What role did technology play in the transition from cottage industry to the factory
system?

What did the instructor mean by the following terms:

     Guilds
     Unions
     Wobblies
     Criminal Syndicalism
     in loco parentis
     heterogeneity
     homogeneity
     blocked mobility
     extended family
     nuclear family

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