1. Globalization and the Industrial Revolution
The same comparison can be made on a global perspective where in the 1800 there were barely twenty cities in Europe with a population more than 100,000 and none in the western hemisphere; However, by 1900 there were more than 150 large cities in Europe and North America combined (Berkley 498). ... During the eighteenth and nineteenth century, European and American populations rose sharply reflecting the rise in prosperity and standard of living. The European population more than tripled from 105 to 390 million between 1700 and 1900. ... The rapid growth of the European and American populations...
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