Evolution of Work and Society in 19th and 20th Centuries

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[...] Development of the world employed in the 20th century 1. An employee in the 19th century Employees are men in the 19th century. We call employees the « leather armchairs. Men had to wear leather armchairs on their coats at the level of the elbows because they wore their clothes all day when they wrote. It's a job reserved only for men. It's a job in full bloom in the 19th century. 2. An employee in the 20th century The job feminizes in the 20th century. [...]

[...] out over the 19th and 20th centuries, it was the French state that organized the migratory movements. Organizations are created and go abroad to recruit additional workers. We lack manpower in France. The idea is to bring in additional manpower to France. II. From a society of orders to a society of assets This is the demographic transition. There are migratory movements that did not exist in the previous period. A. A new representation 1. Order, class, group? The Revolution will bring the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen on August « all men are born free and equal. [...]

[...] For example, we drink a liter of red wine because it gives us strength. The contemporary society diversifies its food. We eat various foods like fruits, cheese . It's becoming more and more a transformed food. We take frozen, prepared dishes . B. A labor immigration 1. Definition and Legislation Foreigner ? Immigrant. It's the state that chooses if you have French nationality or not. If you are born on French territory, you obtain French nationality. Furthermore, you are French if your parents are French (we speak of blood right). [...]

[...] A liberal profession are doctors, lawyers, pharmacists? These are the people related to law, science? IV. The growth of a society of salaried workers A. Workers 1. Definitions and delicate evaluation The image of the worker is the miner in the 19th century, the car worker in the 50-60s? It's just a representation. For INSEE, there are workers in all categories. Today, according to INSEE, a bus driver is considered a worker. The worker is therefore someone who works for an employer, it's an employee. [...]

[...] The life of a noble is based on leisure and not on work. Work is likened to a torture machine. Values change in the 19th century. Work and school are emphasized. Contemporary society emphasizes education. We need to know how to read, write, and count to work, especially in factories. If we are all equal in law, it is no longer birth that classifies individuals. Thus we have the idea of the meritocracy. We need to work at school to have a good place in the social hierarchy. [...]