Economics 2150A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ernle, Industrial Revolution, Middle Ages

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 2150A/B
• Professor: Colin Denniston

Document Summary

Agriculture during the industrial revolution, 1700 1850 (robert c. allen) Agrarian institution: enclosed fields; increase farm size; tenancy. To explain whether agrarian transformation made important contributions to industrialisation, it depends on its timing and nature. Timing: (toynbee, mantoux, ernle, overton) ar in the eighteenth century. Ar before the eighteenth century (much productivity growth occurred) Enclosure had its benefit in raising output v. s. England was already enclosed and included much of the grain growing land in the country; in 1700, 29% of. ***eighteenth-century agricultural improvers regarded enclosure and the creation of large farms as prerequisites for the modernisation of agriculture. *** led to the adoption of modern methods. Without agricultural census, estimates must be constructed from diverse data using indirect methods and strong assumptions. Method 1 direct aggregation output is measured by valuing the production of the various farm products with a set of constant prices.