HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lard, Industrial Waste, Infant Mortality
24 Jan 2017
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Economic and social revolution, changed the world more than anything in 300 years. Needed better agricultural productivity and surplus, fewer workers, less labor. Scientific agriculture- get more out of the land with less labor. Jethro tull- plow seed drill- injects seed deeper (seeds have better chance to germinate), more seeds are growing (better fertilizer, crop rotation, certain crops revitalize land) Breeding cows to be bigger and sturdier- adds more protein to english diet. Agricultural revolution (lasts until 19th, into 20th century) Manufacturing moves from country to city: new sources of energy (steam, coal) James watt-revolutionized steam power (did not event it) England has tremendous coal deposits- not a clean burning fuel, created brittle iron, hard to shape- impurities in the coal (iron is no good) Advances in production- spinning ginny (produces cloth in large scale with coal) England has the best banking system on earth- late 18th century.
