ChapterThirtyKarlMarxCapitalVolumeOnePartVIII:
PrimativeAccumulationCHAPTERTHIRTY:
REACTIONOFTHEAGRICULTURALREVOLUTIONONINDUSTRY。CREATIONOFTHEHOME—MARKET
FORINDUSTRIALCAPITAL
Theexpropriationandexpulsionoftheagriculturalpopulation，intermittentbutrenewedagainandagain，supplied，aswesaw，thetownindustrieswithamassofproletariansentirelyconnectedwiththecorporateguildsandunfetteredbythem;afortunatecircumstancethatmakesoldA。Anderson（nottobeconfoundedwithJamesAnderson），inhis\"HistoryofCommerce\"，believeinthedirectinterventionofProvidence。Wemuststillpauseamomentonthiselementofprimitiveaccumulation。Thethinning—outoftheindependent，self—supportingpeasantsnotonlybroughtaboutthecrowdingtogetheroftheindustrialproletariat，inthewaythatGeoffreySaintHilaireexplainedthecondensationofcosmicalmatteratoneplace，byitsrarefactionatanother。[1]Inspiteofthesmallernumberofitscultivators，thesoilbroughtforthasmuchormoreproduce，afterasbefore，becausetherevolutionintheconditionsoflandedpropertywasaccompaniedbyimprovedmethodsofculture，greaterco—operation，concentrationofthemeansofproduction，&c。，andbecausenotonlyweretheagriculturalwage—laborersputonthestrainmoreintensely[2]，butthefieldofproductiononwhichtheyworkedforthemselvesbecamemoreandmorecontracted。Withthesettingfreeofapartoftheagriculturalpopulation，therefore，theirformermeansofnourishmentwerealsosetfree。Theywerenowtransformedintomaterialelementsofvariablecapital。