A plasmodial theory of divergent development
Why were the North's elite "predominantly mercantile and industrial rather than agricultural" and is it tied to malaria in some way I didn't catch?
If farms are smaller / society is less agrarian / agricultural productivity is higher then urbanization rate is higher (agriculture can't absorb as much surplus labor) and elites are less likely to be agrarian in basis
Why were the North's elite "predominantly mercantile and industrial rather than agricultural" and is it tied to malaria in some way I didn't catch?
If farms are smaller / society is less agrarian / agricultural productivity is higher then urbanization rate is higher (agriculture can't absorb as much surplus labor) and elites are less likely to be agrarian in basis