Would it follow that the Engels' pause was peculiar to the UK? Or at least longer?
It would be interesting to know how many were drawn from agriculture to manufacturing because of the commercial revolution. A good index for this might be the number of people employed in the merchant navy.
My understanding is that many of the advances in agricultural productivity were borrowed form the low lands. Would be interesting to see if pattern of employment shifted there in the same way.
I'm a bit unclear as to the critical difference between the experience of England and that of later industrialisers like Germany.
Would it follow that the Engels' pause was peculiar to the UK? Or at least longer?
It would be interesting to know how many were drawn from agriculture to manufacturing because of the commercial revolution. A good index for this might be the number of people employed in the merchant navy.
My understanding is that many of the advances in agricultural productivity were borrowed form the low lands. Would be interesting to see if pattern of employment shifted there in the same way.
I'm curious what impact the importation of foodstuffs from North America might have on this cycle in England or elsewhere.