硕士学位论文

郭爱民

论文题目：《英国农业革命及其对工业化的影响》

指导教师：侯建新

答辩时间：2001年6月

论 文 摘 要

本文从农业革新的角度出发，探讨了英国社会转型问题，对农业革命的制度性因素和技术性因素进行了系统的介绍，运用计量的方法，对农业革命前后英国的农业劳动生产率进行了计算和比较，最后分析了英国农业革命对其工业化的影响。

第一章即文章的导言部分，这一章具有综述的性质，在综合分析中西经济史学家们对英国农业革命认识的基础上，笔者提出了自己对农业革命定义、内容和时间限定的看法。

第二章是文章的主要部分之一，本章运用前后比较的方法，对农业革命的主要方面一一种植业、畜牧业、轮作制和农具一一进行了介绍，分析了技术性改革给英国农业革命带来的影响。

第三章通过对农产品全国性统一市场的形成，土地产权体系的演变和圈地运动的分析，探讨了租地农场体系的形成历程，对制度性变革进行了剖析，用新的视角看待圈地运动，找到了技术性变革的动因。

第四章是二、三章的升华，采用计量的方法，对农业革命前后两个阶段的农业劳动生产率进行了计算和比较，然后又用两阶段人们不同的生活水平作以佐证，进而得出结论： 通过农业革命，英国的农业劳动生产率确实得以提高。

第五章运用西方现代化理论的范式，分析了农业革命对工业化的影响，得出全文结论： 农业革命孕育了英国的工业化。

[关键词] 英国 农业革命 工业化

Abstract

This thesis deals with the problem of social transformation in England through the reform of agriculture, introducing systemically the factors of' technology and institution, calculating the labor productivity of agriculture before and after the Agricultural Revolution , analyzing the affect of Agriculture Revolution on industrialization .

Chapter I 　This is the introduction of the thesis .The author puts forward his view on the definition, content and time limit about the Agricultural Revolution of England by analyzing and synthesizing the different standpoints of Chinese and European historians of economy.

Chapter II　This chapter is one of the main part of the thesis. In this chapter, the author introduces the technological factors of Agricultural Revolution which contains new crops, animal reformation , Norfolk four-course rotation, then gives the benefits brought about by technological reformation.

Chapter III 　In this section, the author inquires into how the national agricultural market was formed, the change of land property right and how the' rented-farm system was formed, dissects the factor of institution and throws new light on enclosure.

Chapter IV 　This chapter is the sublimation of chapter II and III. In this chapter, the author calculates the labor productivity from the beginning to the end of the revolution, proves this calculation by means of living standard during that period, then draws his conclusion that the labor productivity of agriculture was really improved through Agricultural Revolution.

Chapter V 　The author analyses the industrialization affection of Agricultural Revolution by means of the paradigm of development theory and concludes that the industrialization originated during the Agricultural Revolution.

[Key Words] England　 Agricultural Revolution 　Industrialization

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