The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Britain:Evidences from History of Technology
The Industrial Revolution is of great significance for humanity to escape the Malthusian trap.Its meaning,occurrence time,and mechanism have attracted widespread attention from many scholars.The acceleration of technological progress rate,as the connotation of the industrial revolution,has become a consensus among many scholars.Based on this consensus,and the technological invention data(1500s-1790s)from 19 European and Ameri-can countries and regions in the History of Technology compiled by Singer et al.,the following conclusions can be drawn:(1)The start of the Industrial Revolution was almost a century earlier than the"traditional period",in the 1770s.(2)The process of the Industrial Revolution can be distinguished into two halves:the upper and lower halves,which are interrelated but have significant differences.(3)The restoration of the Stuart dynasty was one of the reasons for the Industrial Revolution.The social stability and mercantilist foreign policy during the restoration period promoted the expansion of the British market size,which in turn led to the acceleration of technological progress.
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