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New technology and labour productivity in English and French agriculture, 1700–1850

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2002

LIAM BRUNT
LIAM BRUNT
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Nuffield College, Oxford, OX1 1NF, UK
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A defining feature of the Industrial Revolution in England is the transfer of labour resources from the agricultural sector to the industrial sector.Crafts (1994, pp. 44–59). This transfer was exceptionally early by international standards.Crafts (1985, pp. 57–60). It was facilitated by high labour productivity in English agriculture, which enabled the industrial workers to be fed without an explosion in food imports.O'Brien (1996, pp. 213–49).

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European Review of Economic History , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , August 2002 , pp. 263 - 267
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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