Chapter 23

Destiny Williams

Professor Andrews

World History 2

April 2018
                                                    Chapter 23: Capitalism and Culture

• Not many people in the world of the twenty-first century remain untouched by globalization.
• The pervasive processes of interaction among distant peoples has shaped the clothing we wear, foods we eat, the products we consume, the ways we work, the music we listen to, the religions we practice, and the identities we assume. 
• some interactions are very hard to avoid. 
• Globalization for Asia, Africa, and Latin America has been of working in foreign- owned production facilities. 
• Companies of wealth find it advantageous to build such facilities in places where labor is less expensive .
• Sweatshops are known for dangerous working conditions, child labor, few benefits, and low pay.
• These abuses have generated an international movement challenging those conditions.
• This culture of consumerism has not been more prominent than in China.
• During the last decades of the twentieth century, the process of economic globalization spawned various movements of resistance and criticism.
• In developing countries protesters demonstrated or rioted against government policies that removed subsides, raised prices, froze salaries, and cut back on social services.