HISTORY 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Science, Fossil Fuel

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Transformation of the dutch empire in the late 19th century. In common with the french and british empire, the dutch left behind a history of plunder and profit for an imperialism of cunning administration and agricultural science ( green gold" and botanic gardens) African oil palm moved to buitenzorg in 1848: the origins of the palm oil industry. Language of science at the time was french. The enduring presence of china as the world"s largest economy. China has never been the world"s leading economy, however it is very close to being the world"s largest. Science and civilization in china: a multi-volume history. Collected information to write about chinese science etc. The industrial revolution in england has somewhat to do with geography. England had a need for fossil fuel as they were a colder country, and coal was easily accessible to england. China"s coal resources were very far from the cities.

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