Pre-Famine Ireland and the Theory of European Proto-industrialization: Evidence from the 1841 Census

Autor:	Eric L. Almquist
Rok vydání:	1979
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics History Rural dwellers Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Census Proto-industrialization Domestic industry Agricultural intensification Industrialisation Economy Development economics Economics Famine Rural industry
Zdroj:	The Journal of Economic History. 39:699-718
ISSN:	1471-6372 0022-0507
DOI:	10.1017/s0022050700092974
Popis:	The theory of proto-industrialization holds that a major expansion of rural industry, primarily in textiles, formed a phase precursory to industrialization in many European regions. This phase was characterized by sweeping economic and demographic changes, including increasing population density, land subdivision, and agricultural intensification. Domestic industry boosted marriage rates and may have lowered the average age of marriage of rural dwellers. The present research examines the tenets of this theory for the case of Ireland, a country affected by rural industrialization in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The data are cross-sectional and are drawn primarily from the 1841 census.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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