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    Default Re: Why I hate Tories - with examples

    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Didn't life expectancy take a dip during the first industrial revolution?

    Also, on the leisure time, "primitive" societies only work for 10-15 hours per week. Plenty of leisure time there...
    Life expectancy rose before industrialisation due to the agricultural revolution. It then took a steep dip in the early industrial phase.

    There is also a seesaw effect on the relative life expectancy of rural and urban people. Pre industrialisation, urban dwellers outlive their rural counterparts. This is reversed in the first 50 years of industrialisation, and then once again tips back in favour of urban people later on.
    Last edited by Idaho; 05-02-2013 at 10:55.
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