“The Structures of Everyday Life” is an explanatory piece describing the Biological Ancien Regime prior to the Industrial Revolution. (91) The central question is, “What constituted the Biological Ancien Regime?” (91) The author, Fernand Braudel, argues that the Biological Ancien Regime was the system held the demographic population in equilibrium and systematically explains how the system accomplishes this. (70-71) These factors holding the population in equilibrium were the elements of the Biological Ancien Regime.
The two main elements that constituted the Biological Ancien Regime were famine and disease. (74, 78) These elements kept the birth and death rates equal at a 4:100 ratio. (71) Braudel delves into the phenomena of famine and how
The two main elements that constituted the Biological Ancien Regime were famine and disease. (74, 78) These elements kept the birth and death rates equal at a 4:100 ratio. (71) Braudel delves into the phenomena of famine and how