Great Expectations
A brief commentary about Dickens' Britain. B. Economic development and the Industrial Revolution The major trends of the Industrial Revolution in Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries.II. The Agricultural Revolution in Britain The enclosure movement and its impact on the development of British agriculture A brief discussion of how technology and invention impacted the growth of industrialization and agriculture in Britain. A. The rural landscapes of Dickens' timesAgriculture During the Time of Dickens Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the noted 19th century British author and social critic, lived during what might best be described as a period of great technological innovation which was the direct result of culminating factors which emerged during the Industrial Revolution (Ackroyd, 1988). The primary stimulus for change during this time was the increased demand for food generated by a parallel demographic revolution. Britain's population nearly doubled in the 18th century and doubled again by 1850. Population growth tends to retard
to catch a glimpse of the rich cornfields and beautiful orchards of Kent ; or to stroll among the fine old trees of Greenwich Park, and survey the wonders of Shooter's Hill and Lady James's Folly. Thus the population explosion enlarged the effective demand for consumption and had a beneficial effect on economic development. The English Village Community and the Enclosure Movements. Charles, 2d Viscount, Townshend, of Norfolk, introduced the crop rotation of clover, wheat, turnips, and barley, an alternation of grain crops with nitrogen-fixing legumes and grasses, that put nutrients back into the soil (Nichol, 1981). Many of his short stories are set in and around London, and feature scenes of idyllic rural beauty which contrast sharply with his accounts of the blackened sprawl of urban industry such as is described in his novel, Hard Times. agriculture was transformed and productivity increased by the large-scale enclosure of land and improved rotation of crops; steam power was also applied to operations on the land (Chapman. For example, in the short story, "Sunday under Three Heads," a reference is made to the ruined Severndroog Castle, built by Lady Janies in 1784, on the summit of Shooter's Hill, a rural area near London where Dickens often traveled on getaway weekends (Wilson. Developing Britain 1740-1900: The Agrarian, Transport, and Industrial Revolution. In Britain, the revolution in land use, perhaps even more than improving technology, dramatically increased agricultural production. The Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution.
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