Word: precapitalist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...close the precapitalist world was to the Middle Ages in most material conditions of life. Some statistics: world production of pig iron soared from 10 million tons in 1867 to 357 million tons a century later. As late as 1850, human muscle and animal power accounted for 94% of the energy used in U.S. industry; today they supply less than 1%. Populations burgeoned as capitalism produced the food and goods to keep unprecedented numbers of people alive. North America's population exploded from 5.7 million in 1800 to 81 million by 1900 and 339 million...
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