TYPES OF SOCIETIES

BELL WORK & NOTES TYPES OF SOCIETIES 2/6/15How might the social structure (I.E the groups, roles, statuses etc…) differ between someone who lives in a large city and someone who lives as a hunter gatherer in the frozen Alaskan tundra?

PREINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIESThese are societies whose primary economic activity is food production

Hunter-Gatherer SocietiesPastoral Societies –

members rely on domesticated herds of animals

Horticultural Societies – members rely on fruits and vegetables grown in garden plots clear from the jungle

Agricultural Societies – use animal labor to plow fields & irrigation to water them

Sharp status differences start to appear between land owner and peasant

INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES Shift from the production of food to the production of manufactured goods

Production of material culture shifts from the home to the factoryUrbanization- people

relocate from farms to cities

In preindustrial societies most statuses are ascribed but in industrial society most statuses are achieved

POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES Shift from the production of goods to the provision of information

HUGE increase in socioeconomic status for most people

Strong emphasis on social equality, democracy and individualism