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In his monumental exposition of the world economy, Capital, Karl Marx explicitly (and eloquently) linked the process of “enclosure” in Great Britain to the creation of a labor supply that would enable the Industrial Revolution. Said Marx,
The spoliation of the church’s property, the fraudulent alienation of the State domains, the robbery of the common lands, the usurpation of feudal and clan property, and its transformation into modern private property under circumstances of reckless terrorism, were just so many idyllic methods of primitive accumulation. They conquered the field for capitalistic agriculture, made the soil part and parcel of capital, and created for the town industries the necessary supply of a “free” and outlawed proletariat. [1]
Your task is to evaluate Marx’s assessment in the context of the readings and lectures for our class. Based on material we have covered. Respond in a well-crafted, 5-6 page double-spaced essay to the following: Do you agree that enclosures amounted to “reckless terrorism,” and were an economic version of ethnic cleansing deliberately instituted so as to uproot Britain’s rural population and herd it into the factories? Or does the historical record of the Agricultural Revolution suggest otherwise? What have you learned so far in our class to support your position?
You should ground your response on material assigned for this class. Outside sources may be used to supplement your analysis. If you use any, you MUST supply full citations. Citations referencing the Hobsbawm text assigned for the class should give page numbers. You don’t need full Turabian-style citations for material supplied on line in the readings that i uploaded. For those the author’s last name and a brief title reference will do (e.g. Mun, “Treasure”), adding page numbers where the supplied or linked material actually is paginated
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