What are the four social revolutions?
ASSIGNMENT 08
SO115 Essentials of Sociology
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Historically, four (4) social revolutions have occurred as a result of new technologies; identify the technologies which led to these social changes and explain the consequences of each of these technologies. Then identify and explain the three (3) processes of social change according to William Ogburn and provide one (1) example of each process.
Historically, four (4) social revolutions have occurred as a result of new technologies; identify the technologies which led to these social changes and explain the consequences of each of these technologies. Then identify and explain the three (3) processes of social change according to William Ogburn and provide one (1) example of each process.
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Technologies that led to social revolutions and their consequences
In the recent past, technology has been responsible for social revolutions experienced. More categorically, four technological innovations have been primary drivers of social revolution for thousands of years. These four technologies include: animal and plant domestication over ten thousand years ago, the plow invention, steam engine invention, and computer invention. All these technological innovations resulted in massive social revolution (Henslin, 2001). This paper seeks to discuss these technologies and their consequences as well as the process of social change according to William Ogburn.
Domestication of animals and plants led to transformation and revolution of the earlier society to pastoral society from hunting and gathering. People were able to establish permanent homes and abandoned migration. Steam engine invention completely revolutionized transport industry. Resources and people could be moved and transported to longer distances. Plow invention led to the revolution of a...