Article ID: CBB379069567

The limiting factor: energy, growth, and divergence, 1820–1913 (2020)

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On the basis of a new series on the consumption of traditional and modern sources of energy between 1820 and 1913, this article addresses the start of modern growth and the great divergence on the world scale. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the greater availability of modern energy sources expanded working capacity well beyond the potential of previous agricultural civilizations. Growth of energy consumption rose primarily in western Europe, northern America, and Oceania. As a result, labour productivity rose, leading to an increase in real wages, which was an incentive to replace labour with mechanical engines. The higher energy consumption in these three macro-areas led to global inequality in productive capacity and technology which peaked on the eve of the First World War.

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Authors & Contributors
Donges, Alexander
Selgert, Felix
Pertwee, Nicholas
Francesca Ripamonti
Alvarez-Palau, Eduard J.
Daniel Pérez Zapico
Concepts
Industrialization
Labor and laborers
Capitalism
Technological innovation
Agriculture
Science and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
21st century
17th century
Places
Europe
United States
North America
Detroit (Michigan)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
South America
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