Proto-industrialization
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title:
Proto-industrialization
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Proto-industrialization is the regional development, alongside commercial agriculture, of rural handicraft production for external markets.
Cottage industries in parts of Europe between the 16th and 19th centuries had long been a niche topic of study.
In the early 1970s, some economic historians introduced the label "proto-industrialization", arguing that these developments were the main cause of the economic and demographic growth and social change that occurred in Europe over this period, and
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Theory viewing rural handicraft production as a precursor to industrialization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-industrialization
date created:
2007-07-01T08:50:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T14:18:22Z
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