Even though work was needed to satisfy the need for the satisfaction of material needs. Plato one of the most famous philosophers and his assistant Aristotle  made it clear that the purpose was for the majority to work and for the minority to to engage in pure  exercises of the mind, such as art, philosophy, and politics.  Even though that Plato recognized the division of labor by class of categories like poor and the rich, then divided by another category such as of the different kinds of work.  Even thoguh they did wish for people to do have the wish of owning their own private property and having hte  wish of wealth.
 
 

The Way The Romans Thought 400ad - 1400ad

Roamns had mostly adopted their norms from the culture of the Greeks, because they also consider that the manual job was something digrating for the people to do.  The Romans did incourage  the competence in organization, administration, building, and warefare.

    The Romans empire had spread throught out most of Europe, the middle East. Egypt, and North Africa.  It also then came about to influence most of our culture
 
 

What Slaves Were For Romans

Roman most likely utilized slaves.  Moderate number of Slaves were held and they were treated relatively well.  Thousands of slaves were required for a large-scale grain production on some estates.  Then the treatment was worse.  slaves were then viewd a cattle,  evn sometimes worse because they believed cattles were not capable of caring for themselves as the slaves were.  Even though that slaves tried their best to have their hope alive to one day be freed.

    For the Roman the work was to be done only by the Slaves, only two jobs were made only for th efree man which was agriculture and big business.  A man that was only his job to be used by arms was a dishonoring and vulgar job for a Roman citizen.  The ones that were not privileged to be wealthy and were obliged to work along the side of the slaves, they were not treated with gratitude.  for all these cultures, Hebrew, greek, and roman work was a punishment by god for the man's original sin,  but a positve aspect for earning, instead of getting charity from others as an excuse for physical needs of life.  Wealth was recognized as an opportunity but also a a form of materialism to share with others that were less fortunate.
 

The Christian Church Tries to Rule

The wealthy were expected to meet their own needs, to excess of their riches to charity.

•     A hierarchy of profession was then built in a form that the way of the church was the highest and the most.
• That work was part of the economic structure.
• An example of the Hierarchy of Professions was 1) Agriculture 2) Handicrafts and 3) Commerce.

 

Types of Occupations that were acceptable and unacceptable 1820-1880

Because of the church being the highest category, the ideal occupation acceptable was the monastic life of prayer and contemplation of God.  But a Cleric was consider a a wordly occupation

• Reformation the period of religous and political upheaval in western Europ.
• People could serve God through out work, this was the universal base of society and the cause may had differ by social classes.
• A person should not change the occupation that he was born with.

 

What is America to them?

The adventurist of American lands described America as a not for a place to work and build a new land, but for a new Eden where abundance and riches.

• In america came no hopes or illusions of a life of ease.
• The task to built a new world in the wilderness as an opportunity to prove their own moral worth.

 

What was impressional of the Amrican?

The visitors consider the American lands as a industrious pace.  They often complained about the lack of opportunities for amusement.

• Work was not preindustrial America was not a incessant.
Economist warned of the poverty and decay that the befall of the people failed to work hard, and the moralist stressed the social duty of each person to be productive.
 
 

Had Factories change forms of occupation?1880-1920

Factories were then built in other towns as a competition in the industry grew.  The cotton Mills were distinguished from other factories of the day by the size they were built, their discipline demanded of their workers.  Regulations are imposed  on employees.

• The cotton mills spread to other industries, the home and workshop trades were essentially replaced by the mass production.  Then the handcraft projects were then replaced as a high valuable occupation.

 

What did the factories change?

During this time production had been a virtue, and excess goods were not  a problem.  Now in our days factories could produce more thanwhat their own country could use, hard work and production no longer always provide assurance of prosperity. the industrial system continue to try to dominate work and at the same time technology continue to advance.


 

The Information Age  1980-1990

Because more jobs became more technical and higher level of thinking  on the job as a machine were interfaced by the use of computers and control systems as a more complex system.


 

What changes were made?

Information age jobs provided opportunities for greater self expression by workers,  the workes started to find more self-fulfillment in their work.  Stop to what the history was of work a painful, sacrificed, and drudgery thing to do.  The time when women had no longer have the suffrage of not having the employment they wished for.


 
 

Education was very important

Education was very important and need for many to continue in a better ocupation field that would provide a better opportunity instead of a work in a factory.  Personal goals were then wanted by many.  By setting an activity to accomplish and achieve.


 
 

Women got to be something known

Women  after  the WWII began to enter the work place in great numbers.  During the 1900 made up 18% of the nation's workforce, but during 1947 the women comprised 28% of the workforce. 1980 42.5% of the nation workers were women .

As the century and time passed by the culture and revolution changed alot the work form.  Just how it goes on today with technology, at first we had nothing and now we are a whole world full of new advance.