History 1401E Lecture 10: The Industrial Revolution
1 Apr 2016
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The forces at work: demographic growth. Relating to the structure of the population. Demographic regimes: the ways various societies reproduce themselves. Usually relating to an old demographic regime // pre-industrial pattern that is visible. Pre-industrial societies were generally characterized by high and unstable mortalities // disease was rampant, etc // mortality would peak very quickly: short lifespans, frequent epidemics. Rudimentary control of demographic: no control of reproduction rates, high celibacy rates: control the demographic growth via celibacy and late marriage. Late marriage: a woman enters the business of reproduction in her late twenties, the number of children she may have will be much different. Average age of marriage was 27 or 28. Mortality rates begin to decline in the 18th century: very small medical advances (hardly played a role initially, advances in transportation and food production, limited scale of warfare less people being killed.
