Below is a graph which shows the height of ... [Good overview of height trends in Europe during part of the Industrial Revolution]. Komlos, J, (1998) ‘Shrinking in a Growing Economy?

The graph above is an economic history ... There are enough theories about why the Industrial Revolution happened in northern Europe between 1700 and 1800 to fill a million blog posts.

Ever competitive with all these choices is the Industrial Revolution. In 1700 ... This was the original “hockey-stick” graph. There were more and more people, and millions upon millions ...

But for a spark in a little corner of Europe that ignited the Industrial Revolution — which spread incredible advances in technology and living standards first across the north Atlantic coast in ...

this article looks back at the evolution of the house plan in Europe between 1760 and 1939. As the industrial revolution led to a massive population flux toward the cities and an increasing number ...

Early this week, I posted a little graph of the economic history of ... Until about 1800 when the Industrial Revolution sent productivity skyrocketing at an unprecedented pace, income growth ...