Week 6 Global Transformation Analysis

Week 6 Global Transformation Analysis

I think what is important to focus on in these two chapter of Global Transformation is the expansion of the globe changing society and the way of life especially for ageism and ableism. I tried my best connecting the reading to our project. The two chapters do not directly relate to our project, but I did my best to make a clear connection. Like we were talking in class as the industrial revolution occurred many families left the farm and went to the city to work. The older population was left to the farming community to continue working on the farm or to sell the farm. But if we realize much of our farming before industrialization was a source of income and a necessity for livelihood. As the East coast began to boom with industry, the Midwestern states continued to farm.

Globalization was beginning to effect society in all aspects of living. The First World War described this change.

Held states “Unlike fifteen-century warfare, war in the twentieth century in respect of both its prosecution and consequences, had acquired an extensive geographic reach: ‘ war , once conducted by military geniuses on the battlefield of limited scope, had come to embrace whole continents and to involve citizens at the home front in the era of total warfare.’” (97)

Everyone in the global society was involved at these times of war, especially during WWII. Many of the elderly in the 21^st century lived through WWII fighting and helping the war effort. Many of men saw the advancement of globalism through the military construction of tanks and artillery as they were sent over to fight for their country. These advancements allowed precision and accuracy in military targets. The women went to the factories and worked replacing men who worked before the war. Women made many of the military machinery for the war and many in the Midwestern states were in charge of farms. The women worked just as hard as the men tiling the fields and raising livestock for economic profit for their own livelihood and US production. During this time the women were farmers and industrialists and at the same time most likely raising children.

The other thought, I had about applying these two chapters in Global Transformation to ageism and ableism is through the Disabled Veteran Affairs. Many of the older population who fought in WWI, WWII, came home to the United States wounded and disabled not to mention the men and women who have fought since then in other wars. Maybe looking into further chapters in this book will provide some information on the effects of the disabled and the war and effort and how it affects the world surroundings. My questions I will address specifically look at the United States but can also be applied globally. How does the global community take care of their war veterans? Historically when was the Veteran Affairs established? What kind of organizations works with war veterans such as the VA hospitals and the veteran affairs in the US? How are their needs met? Looking at this organization can help our research because we as a group can understand how war affected the disabled and the older generation.