Chinese Silk and Globalization along the Hispanic American Road, from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

This essay analyzes one of the main elements of the economic relationship between China and colonial Latin America: the Chinese Silk Road. The road demonstrated a bipolarity of early globalization, and its impact across the Pacific enhanced the material culture of Hispanic American society from Mexico to Buenos Aires. The route of circulation was largely informal, due to prohibitions imposed by metropolitan Spain designed to guarantee the growth of European economic connections across the Atlantic Ocean. Quality variations and affordable prices made Chinese silks among the most valuable articles in Latin American markets before the nineteenth century, when British-Indian cotton emerged as the main textile of the global era.

Adoption Behaviour of Sericulture Farmers Regarding Improved Technologies ofJorhat District of Assam

The research study was undertaken in the purposively selected Jorhat and Majuli(undivided) districts of Assam during the year 2018-19 with an objective to analyze theadoption behaviour of sericulture farmers regarding improved technologies and their socio-economic relationship with the adoption behaviour for enhancement of production andproductivity at farmers level. Sericulture has been practiced traditionally and a large portionof rural people earn their livelihood from sericulture sector in this region. The presentfindings revealed that adoption of improved sericulture technologies was in medium categoryfor majority of the respondents 76.67 per cent in eri culture, 66.67 per cent in muga cultureand 76.67 per cent in mulberry culture. Due to lack of awareness of improved sericulturetechnologies as well as poor living conditions the adoption level of sericulture technologiesamong the seri farmers of Jorhat district was very low. There was gap in disseminationand adoption of improved sericulture technologies in pre and post cocoon sector for growthand development of sericulture in acreage of food plants, rearing of silkworm and productionand productivity of cocoon and silk. Hence, the study recommends that adoption ofscientific technologies among the seri farmers has significant impact on growth anddevelopment of sericulture as well as economic benefit of the farmer.

The Impact of the Spread of COVID-19 on Globalization

The text analyzes the changes in the process of globalization which have occurred in connection with the spread of COVID-19 and determines the possibilities for further development. It is based on the definition of globalization according to the OECD. Several years before the pandemic came, and globalization entered a phase of slowdown. It was called deglobalization. The main facts that caused this process were financial recession in 2008 and changes in USA and China economic relationship. The pandemic has weakened economic growth in many countries, reduced trade and travel, and introduced restrictive measures. The effects of a pandemic for individual states depend on the extent to which the states are connected in global production and trade networks. Three scenarios and their impact on globalization, trade, and the world economy are introduced.

The region and its resources

This chapter describes the landscapes of production found around London. Salterns and stone quarries in the Thames estuary, managed woodlands upriver of the city, and the ironworking sites of the High Weald are considered, along with the evidence for livestock and arable farming. These extraction industries responded to the creation of the Roman city, and saw considerable intensification from the Flavian period into the second century. This drew on the development of a supporting infrastructure that benefitted from military engineering and management, and is argued to have responded to elevated procuratorial demand. Some surplus may have been raised by taxes and rents in kind, and parallels are drawn with sharecropping arrangements for tenant farming documented in North Africa. The potential importance of imperial and other estates is also reviewed. Whilst direct evidence is lacking it is argued that imperial land-holdings would have been extensive in conquered territories, and this may account for some of the particularities of the economic relationship between London and its hinterland.

HUBUNGAN SOSIAL EKONOMI IBU HAMIL DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19 DENGAN PEMAHAMAN TENTANG PELAYANAN KEBIDANAN DI RB KINASIH, SIDOHARJO, SRAGEN

ABSTRAKPenurunan jumlah pengunjung ANC sebanyak 67,97% di RB Kinasih yang pada kenyataannya RB tersebut sudah meningkatkan standart mutu pelayanan kebidanan dan rendahnya pemahaman ibu hamil mengenai pelayanan kebidanan yang mempunyai sosial ekonomi yang berbeda-beda. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut, maka tujuan dari peneliti melakukan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara sosial ekonomi ibu hamil dengan pemahaman tentang pelayanan kebidanan. Desain penelitian ini adalah diskripsi korelasi dengan pendekatan cross seksional. Dalam pengambilan sampel, peneliti menggunakan tehnik acidental sampling . Data diambil menggunakan kuesioner. Untuk uji validitas dengan rumus Product Moment dan reliabilitas menggunakan Spearman Brown. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara sosial ekonomi dengan pemahaman tentang pelayanan kebidanan, hal ini dibuktikan dengan hasil perhitungan Chi Square yang lebih besar dari tabel Product Moment sebesar 3,784. Sosial ekonomi ibu hamil sangat berpengaruh terhadap pemahamannya dalam menerima pelayanan kebidanan sehingga diharapkan bidan harus lebih memperhatikan karakteristik ibu hamil dalam memberikan pelayanan karena segala informasi dan tindakan yang diberikan sangat tergantung dari karakteristik ibu hamil tersebut.Kata kunci : Sosial Ekonomi, Ibu Hamil, Pemahaman, Pelayanan KebidananSOCIAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP OF PREGNANT MOTHERS IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH UNDERSTANDING OF MIDWIFE SERVICES IN RB KINASIH, SIDOHARJO, SRAGEN ABSTRACTThe decrease in the number of ANC such 67,97% visitors at Kinasih RB, which in fact has increased the quality standard of midwifery services and the low understanding of pregnant women about midwifery services that have different socio-economic. Based on this background, the purpose of the researchers conducting this study was to determine the relationship between the socioeconomic status of pregnant women and their understanding of midwifery services. The design of this research is correlation description with cross sectional approach. In taking the sample, the researcher used the accidental sampling technique. Data were taken using a questionnaire. To test the validity with the Product Moment formula and reliability using Spearman Brown. The results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between socio-economic and understanding of midwifery services, this is evidenced by the results of the Chi Square calculation which is greater than the Product Moment table such 3,784. Socio-economic conditions of pregnant women greatly affect their understanding of receiving midwifery services, so it is hoped that midwives should pay more attention to the characteristics of pregnant women in providing services because all information and actions provided depend on the characteristics of the pregnant women.Keywords: Socio-Economic, Pregnant Women, Understanding, Midwifery Services