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- 9. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population
- 10. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population Predicted the population would outrun the food supply
- 11. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population Predicted the population would outrun the food supply Lead to a decrease of food per person
- 12. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population Predicted the population would outrun the food supply Lead to a decrease of food per person Population (unchecked) increases exponentially (2,4,8,16…) while food supply grows arithmetically (1,2,3,4…)
- 13. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population Predicted the population would outrun the food supply Lead to a decrease of food per person Population (unchecked) increases exponentially (2,4,8,16…) while food supply grows arithmetically (1,2,3,4…) Only misery, moral restraint and vice could check excessive population growth (vice = contraception)
- 14. Thomas Malthus : (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population He favored “moral restraint” (late marriage and sexual abstinence) Key = proposed this only for working and poor classes
- 19. Industrialization and the Environment Water was not piped into buildings – carried by buckets into the home from pipes located at various areas across a city.
- 20. Industrialization and the Environment Water was not piped into buildings – carried by buckets into the home from pipes located at various areas across a city. Outhouse toilets were a luxury. 33 outhouses accommodated 7095 people in one Manchester district. These were emptied manually once every two years…
- 21. Industrialization and the Environment Water was not piped into buildings – carried by buckets into the home from pipes located at various areas across a city. Outhouse toilets were a luxury. 33 outhouses accommodated 7095 people in one Manchester district. These were emptied manually once every two years… Cities covered in both smoke and smell
- 22. Industrialization and the Environment 4. Sir Edwin Chadwick – commissioner for the poor. The Sanitary Condition of the Laboring Population of Britain. Argued that governments could do something to solve the grim conditions.
- 23. Industrialization and the Environment 4. Sir Edwin Chadwick – commissioner for the poor. The Sanitary Condition of the Laboring Population of Britain. Argued that governments could do something to solve the grim conditions. -suggested disposing of waste by constantly running water through a piped system. - created the first underground sanitation system…
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- 25. Irish Potato Famine 18 th Century – ½ of Ireland relied on potato (came from South America in 17 th century) as virtually their only source of food. On one acre of land – could raise enough to feed 10 people for a year + pay rent
- 26. Irish Potato Famine 1845 – blight hit (fungus causing vines to wither and potatoes to become moldy 1846 and 1847 – hit again and wiped out entire crop
- 27. Irish Potato Famine Worst natural disaster in 19 th Century Europe No potatoes = starvation, no rents, no homes/farms, disease, death All government assistance was worthless and furthered problems “ The Great Hunger” forced many to emigrate out of Ireland… 1841 census = 8.1 million people 1901 census = 4.5 million people Side note: 2000 census = 5.5 million
- 28. How did the Agricultural Revolution, Industrialization, and Population Explosion all depend on one another?