1. Overview of Industrial Revolution
Causes and Effects

2. Was it revolutionary? What was the industrial revolution?
Why was the industrial revolution a turning point in history?
What was the industrial revolution?
Was it revolutionary?

3. What are Griffin’s assumptions about the effects of industrialization?
How has diet traditionally been related to prosperity?

4. Do you agree with this statement
Do you agree with this statement? Poverty is “now a matter of having to eat frozen, canned, or processed foods rather than eating too little altogether.” (p. 4)

5. What are the implications of a low caloric intake?
How many calories are necessary for healthy activity?
What does low caloric intake tell us about preindustrial people?

7. Did industrialization mean progress?
How did industrialization increase wealth?
How did industrialization mean increase poverty?

11. Food expenses as a percentage of disposal income - US

12. How do we develop an objective measure of the effects of industrialization?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of a statistical approach to industrialization?

13. Lets start with effects
Economic
Creation of working class – proletariat
Enrichment of Bourgeoisie
Increased overall wealth
Increased disparity – social stratification
Social
Destruction of feudal relations
Longer life expectancy
Impact on health
Cultural
Eventual growth of middle class
Political
Growth of representative institutions, republics

14. How did industrialization influence the following?
The economy
Social relationships
Cultural development
Art, poetry, intellectual development
Political organization
Representative governments
Colonization and Empire