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Agricultural Revolution |
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Agricultural RevolutionGradual transformation of the traditional agricultural system that began in Britain in the 18th century. Aspects of this complex transformation, which was not completed until the 19th century, included the reallocation of land ownership to make farms more compact and an increased investment in technical improvements, such as new machinery, better drainage, scientific methods of breeding, and experimentation with new crops and systems of crop rotation. The agricultural revolution was an essential prelude to the Industrial Revolution. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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2004 Current Anthropology on the
topic of agricultural revolutions of Neolithic Europe and the Middle
East. Yet profits realized in this
manner did not stem from rising levels of productivity per labor input,
which had formed the basis of the agricultural revolution in England and
which would form the basis of French agricultural growth in the latter
part of the nineteenth century. An agricultural revolution preceded the industrial revolution and
contributed to a massive exodus from the countryside to the towns. |
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