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LECTURE 16


The Industrial Revolution (Part 1) 

1. The scope of change 
2. "Take off" of the textile industry 
3. Facets of change 
4. The role of acriculture and demography 

     population growth 
     age at marriage 
     labor supply and labor shortage 
     demand for goods 
     rise of wage labor 
     agricultural innovation 

5. "Causes" of change