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Original Characteristics and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Paul Bairoch
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In the final analysis it is evident that two economic events have influenced the life of humanity more strongly than any other phenomena, especially if we consider their global consequences.

The first was the neolithic revolution, which marked the passage from a human society based on berry and fruit picking and hunting—implying very low population densities—to a society based on agriculture and cattle raising, which permitted higher population densities.

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Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 14 , Issue 54 , June 1966 , pp. 47 - 58
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Copyright © 1966 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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References

1 Opening lecture in a course on "Economic Phenomena Linked to the Process of Development" at the Free University of Brussels.

2 For a discussion of these mechanisms and interactions we refer to our study Révolution Industrielle et Sous-Développement, S.E.D.E.S., Paris, 1963 (2nd edition, Paris, 1964), and in particular to Part II, "Les mécanismes économiques du développement" (pp. 71-137).

3 For a more detailed account of these problems we refer to our study, Révolution Industrielle et Sous-Développement, S.E.D.E.S., Paris, 1963 (2nd edition, 1964), and particularly to Part III of this study, "Les obstacles éco nomiques au démarrage des pays sous-développés" (pp. 138-199).