GEO - Geography GEO 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Luddite, Thomas Robert Malthus, Globalization
2 Feb 2017
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Large labor supplies allows the factories to save on wages; buyers market: communication was made much easier by being closer together, 1790- 5% of americans lived in urban areas 2017- 85% americans are urbanized. Population effects: thomas malthus predicted that industrial revolution would lead to massive famine because there would be an inefficient amount of food production, we actually started producing more food than we ever had before. Early industrializers british, united states faced little to no competition, able to enter the textile industry very easily not very much assistance needed from government- created national political climates that stimulate laissez faire approach. Didn"t start industrializing until late 1800s ----in order to be cutting edge, needed to be in time period ---- needed government assistance to help them and protect them because the heavier competitive atmosphere they were entering. Small group of european powers dominating large group of non-europen societies: formed the seeds of modern globalization.
