Hist
104, Lecture 08:
The Global Fabric of Industrialization
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James
Watt, Adam Smith
1.
Cotton Textiles: From India to England
a. English cotton
consumption
b. India’s comparative advantage
c. English tariffs and coloniesn
2. The
New World in the Global Market
a. Slave
production and consumption
b. The triangular trade and Manchester
cotton
c. England’s shift to “free trade”
3. Old
and New Sources of Energy and Power
a. Limits of growth
in China
b. Exceeding old limits of growth in England
c. Coal, iron, and steam
4. Recapping
the Factors for the Industrial Revolution
a.
Labor-saving devices help, but…
b. Land-saving mechanisms are the key
c. So what about science and technology?
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