#materialhistory — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: People switched to wages 🧶
The authors note, ‘the desire for a new variety of goods led to gradual changes in the behaviour of ordinary households in Western Europe’. Gradually, in order to afford the now accessible luxury of sugar, the subsistence economy was abandoned in favour of wage labour. People accepted working longer and harder to acquire these goods, which, according to accounts from the late 18th century, had become essential needs.
But How were the products made?
#work #needs #materialHistory #history #Europe #wages #accumulation #capitalism #primitiveAccumulation #society #sociology #18thCentury #UK
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In preparation for their talk tonight at Chicago Public Library with @gerberhart, Milo busted out their formal wear. This t-shirt from ACT UP/Chicago has been in their personal collection since 1992. It’s been to protests, dance clubs, Senior Prom, high school graduation, university commencement, and more.
#aidsactivism #actup #actupfightback #paracticesafersex #usecondoms #queertshirts #queerarchives #materialhistory #fightaids