HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Belgian Revolution, Luddite, Water Frame
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Audio recording started: 10:11 am thursday, october 3, 2013. Most of the revolutions in the 30s were crushed and defeated. The sole revolution was the french revolution and the belgian revolution. The belgians succeeded on the grounds of international intervention. The support of the great powers for belgian independence was to prevent the unification between france and belgium. Otherwise, it is likely the dutch would have rolled over the belgians and reacquired their territory. Industrial/economic revolutions were ongoing for half a century and was consequential for. Political life and more so everyday life after the revolution would never be the same in europe. On a micro level --> throughout the previous centuries, the overwhelming majority of the population did not wear underwear. They could not purchase underwear as the materials required to make them were made of materials hey could not purchase. Even the middle class could not afford it. What remained cheap and available was not suitable for underwear.
