1. Globalization and the Industrial Revolution
In 1800 about one-fifth of the British population lived in towns and cities of 10,000 or more inhabitants, yet by 1900 three-fourths of the population worked and lived in cities. ... Before the Industrial Revolution fertility rates were high, as was child mortality, which barred population growth. However, during the early Industrial Revolution diets improved and disease control got better reducing child mortality. ...
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