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Agricultural revolution
(2,181 words)

1. Terminological problem

“Agricultural revolution” is a research concept; the component “revolution” gives it the significance of a dynamically telic concept with its origins in the philosophy of history. The issue of selectively assigned significance (Bedeutungsvalenz), which has become more cogent in recent years, forces researchers on the one hand to define more precisely the goal they have in mind, and on the other to un…

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Konersmann, Frank, “Agricultural revolution”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_016649>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20160321



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