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Discuss the debate about automation among sociologists and industrial relations experts over the past 50 years.Summarize the positions of Robert Blauner,Harry Braverman,and Shoshana Zuboff regarding alienation,de-skilling,and the double-edged nature of information technology.How does Spenner synthesize these disparate views?
Wilmot Proviso
A proposed, but never enacted, amendment in 1846 that aimed to prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, intensifying the pre-Civil War debates over slavery.
Missouri Compromise
Deal proposed by Kentucky senator Henry Clay in 1820 to resolve the slave/free imbalance in Congress that would result from Missouri’s admission as a slave state; Maine’s admission as a free state offset Missouri, and slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern border of Missouri.
Railway System
A network of tracks on which trains run, serving as a critical infrastructure for the transport of passengers and goods over land, significantly contributing to economic development and urbanization.
American Economy
The economic system of the United States, characterized by a mixed economy that includes private freedom combined with centralized economic planning and government regulation.
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