Thinking about the Industrial Revolution

Argues that the Industrial Revolution is best conceptualized as having grown out of a process that began millennia earlier, and became possible only when the European populations were able to escape from the Malthusian trap which constrained their growth in prior centuries.

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Authors:	Komlos, John
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Industrial Revolution \| Malthusian Trap

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Series:	Articles by John Komlos.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	published in Journal of European Economic History, 1989, 191-206
Classification:	J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts ; N33 - Europe: Pre-1913
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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