Kumar’s criticism is justified but only because the article in question failed to specify that England had achieved self-sufficiency in temperate foodstuffs rather than all foodstuffs. The ability of English agriculture between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries to meet the country’s temperate foodstuff needs was notable, especially as the number of men employed on farms changed only marginally.

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对库玛“在箭牌的“重新考虑工业革命”中遗漏数据”的答复

库马尔的批评是有道理的，但这仅是因为有关文章未能明确指出英格兰已经实现了自给自足的温带食品而非所有食品的自给自足。在16世纪至19世纪，英国的农业满足该国温带食品需求的能力十分显着，尤其是因为在农场工作的男性人数变化很小。