Katie G 12/12 Manufacturing

The last section in Wagner's text I want to discuss concerns the manufacturing of plants. "Manufacturing is the use of one artifact to make others; it is a universal trait of man (135 Wagner)." Today we may not think of manufacturing as a hand done practice but it all started in the ancient times when everything was done by hand. "Woodworking tools like axes, adzes, and wedges are known from ancient sites and from very simple modern communities (135 Wagner)." "Manufacturing has perhaps always been associated with human dwelling places. The satisfaction of the so-called "primary needs" for food, clothing, and shelter is ultimately accomplished only at the place of consumption (135 Wagner)." "Most human households in the world today still grow or gather most of their own food, preserve it in various ways, store it and cook it as needed (135 Wagner).: