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Steam Power Agriculture examines the significant role of steam power in transforming agricultural practices during the industrial era. This book explores how steam-driven machinery replaced manual labor and animal power, leading to modern agricultural techniques. It highlights the ingenuity behind innovations like steam-powered plows and threshing machines, which drastically increased food production. The book also sheds light on the socio-economic effects of this mechanization, including shifts in labor dynamics and land ownership.
The book uses patent records from the United States and the United Kingdom to showcase the inventive spirit driving agricultural mechanization. It argues that the introduction of steam power was not just a technological upgrade but a catalyst for systemic change, restructuring rural economies. For example, the transition led to both increased yields and debates about environmental impact and labor displacement.
Organized methodically, the book begins with the fundamentals of steam engines adapted for farming. It then progresses to specific innovations and their designs, analyzes the consequent socio-economic changes, and concludes with the decline of steam power and its lasting legacy. By combining technological analysis with socio-economic impact assessment, the book offers a holistic understanding of steam power's influence, making it valuable for historians, economists, and anyone interested in the evolution of agriculture.
© 2025 Publifye (E-bog): 9788233995775
Oversættere: AI
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E-bog: 21. februar 2025
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