Future of Modernization

In the first two decades of the twentieth century, the United States experienced a large increase in political, economic, and social reforms. During this time, there had been an increase in urbanization, and industrial factories within the larger cities throughout the United States, particularly in the northeastern cities. With the addition of the industries and factories too populated also came a growing number of immigrants, and seekers of wealth and employment. As a result, the population increase would result in major issues which would overshadow the economic gains that came from industrialization. In addition, the rise of industrialization also brought about major issues within the populations of the city. After seeing

American society today has been shaped by years past. After the Second World War, U.S. inhabitants dedicated their lives and time to shape and improve America’s culture to the way it is today. Through the decades of the 1950s and today, the society has changed through scientific and technological advances. On the other hand, aspects of the culture have not changed because its citizens have yet to advance in those areas.

Over time some societies become more modern than others creating an unequal balance among other states globally. It is the thought that the modernization theory in some societies, are left behind because of advances in technology and within the economy also (Macionis and Plummer, 2012:p 306). Rostow (1990: p12) suggested that the modernization theory is created by an outside government or corporation to introduce new technologies and build industries to make money. As the four phases of modernization are explained above, it is simple to understand how these societies built upon modernization can create global inequalities and unequal balance within an underdeveloped society. However,

The Industrialization and Progressive Eras were two of the most important time periods in American history. During this time, many changes in our society had occurred. These changes were both good and bad. The three factors that had contributed to these changes were people, policies, and technological advances. People, policies, and technological advances shape a nation, specifically the U.S., in many ways.

The fastest growing country in the world, during the reform era from 1820 to 1860, was the United States. Technology and the innovations provided from it brought a dream of prosperity for all races and creeds. As the northern middle class grew, so did the reform movement. This growth in the middle class and growth of immigrants coming into America caused some individuals to change their outlook of schools, slavery, and women’s rights. Though great strides were started in this time period, it was met with a lot of hostility and resentment. It was an uphill journey when it came to the institutional changes necessary to cause reform.

Following the conclusion of the First World War, America began to flourish, especially through changes in technology, morality, and civil rights. Accompanying these developments came widespread discontent. Some argued with the old adage, “'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,”, while others insisted that constant advancements would lead to a better future for all. Best put by Donald Rea Hanson, to pick out reason for America’s prosperity “...would be difficult, if not impossible” (Doc C).

The period between the Civil War and the Great Depression was the most rapid period of urbanization in the nation’s history. During the late 1800’s the population expanded about four times in urban areas. Young reformers believed poverty could be alleviated with proper policy, focused assistance, and better government regulation. The efforts of these reformers would later be termed “progressivism,” and this period would become known as the “Progressive Era”. Negative consequences came of urbanization.

The United States of America that we know today is a colossal powerhouse. However, the forces and ideologies that went into securing it’s formidable status in the present day as one of the most influential nations in the world cannot be ignored. Towards the end of the 19th century through to the early 20th century, the US underwent so many radical changes in such a condensed period of time regarding it’s economy, technology, and social structure, that there can certainly be no question about the frequently dubbed “Progressive Era” of American society. The level of drastic progression in this time period is arguably attributed to it’s social reforming, industrialism, and imperialism.

In addition, we feel that people feel as if they are entitled to more than what our parents had. We have so much more unnecessary items easily accessible to the average person. Smart phones for one, everyone feels as if they need a smartphone

The changes resulting in a more modern America were: emergence of big business and industrial systems, immigration, urbanization, and the challenge to faith and confidence. First of all, many immigrants traveled to America, the land of opportunity, with their hearts and minds set on finding work to support their families and to start anew. The growth of railroads created towns and cities, which then grew as big businesses sprung up, and finally expanded further as immigrants invaded these cities in search of cheap jobs. The inflow of foreigners caused Americans to be resentful and move to the suburbs. Many middle class people did not want to live near the new ethnic neighborhoods as they feared the varying races and religious affiliations. This growth in modernity resulted in a positive growth in technological devices such as telephones and street cars. On the other hand, the negative aspects, such as how cities were becoming overcrowded, unsanitary, filled with disease, and politically corrupted, may have outweighed the good parts of the city. The most important aspects, revolved around Europeans opening saloons and Madams and pimps opening brothels, both of which contributed to revolutions with churches, temperance activists, anti-cigarette reformers and more. The importance of immigration in this situation results from the excessive number of immigrants compared to American’s

During the era from the end of Reconstruction through 1900, the development of American cities radically altered the nation's social environment and problems. A vast majority of Americans relocated from rural areas to the city in pursuit of new economic opportunity and the promise of a more exciting life. The rapid development of an urban society transformed America. How people lived, what and how they ate, and how they took care of their health all changed. In spite of the period’s adherence to the beliefs of “Social Darwinism,” increasing numbers of Americans in fields that varied from religion and economics to politics, literature, and the law proposed the need for reforms.

As a young adult in 2017, I wonder how the United States will advance in the next twenty years, fifty years, or when I leave the Earth two hundred years from now. America has developed tremendously in the last century. For instance, numerous diseases and infections have been eradicated. There are nearly three hundred twenty-five million people in the United States today with nearly eighty-five percent of Americans having access to the internet. However, with these advancements, my generation will have deal with America’s dilemma of the distribution of wealth in this country.

Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president, dreamed of a nation of small farmers living off the land and believed large cities to be destructive “to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.” However, as the nation grew into the most powerful in the world, its cities followed suit. They became the social, economic, and political centers of their respective areas. Cities such as Boston, New York, and San Francisco became the industrial and marketing strongholds of the country. However, by the 1950s, the American landscape was transformed yet again with the arrival of the new frontier, Suburbia. Americans migrated from the dirty, crowded, and

Modernity, it is a macro process of transition from traditional to modern society. “Formation of a modern political map of the world began in early 1800 in Western Europe and maybe characterized as the product of the twin revolutions.” European colonization of the New World, the economic and political development of new territories led to significant changes in the political map. Modernity it is a complex of multi-faceted process that took a place in Europe during the 18th century and had covered all aspects of society. The modernity of the production meant the industrialization - is constantly growing use of machines. In the social sphere modernization is closely linked with urbanization, an unprecedented growth of cities, which led to prevailing in the economic life of society. In the political sphere modernity meant the democracy of political structures, laying the preconditions for the formation of a civil society and rule of law. In the spiritual realm associated with secularization -: the release of all spheres of public and private life from the separation of religion and the church, their worldliness and intensive development of literacy, education, scientific knowledge. All of these are inextricably linked to each other processes of change emotional attitudes of man,

Modernization theory is a hypothesis used to clarify the procedure of modernization that a country experiences as it moves from a simple society to a modern one. Dependency theory is the idea that assets spill out of a fringe of poor and immature states to a centre of rich states, enhancing the latter to the detriment of the former. These two theories contrast in that modernization theory clarifies how created states work and develop, whereas dependency theory outline how work and develop are restricted. Modernization theory clarifies the advancement and improvement of innovation in more steady regions of the world (Culp, 2014). Dependency theory looks at the impacts that modernization in one district has on different parts of the world. Dependency theory is more comprehensive than modernization theory. Modernization theory emphasises that instruction, innovation and broad communications are noteworthy reasons why created districts pull ahead from others. Be that as it may, modernization theory does not operate on a worldwide scale where the assets, work and power originate to make this advancement conceivable. In modernization theory, the majority of the advancements that local areas or states make originate from an aggregate interior exertion.