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Explain how with new technology people of one part of the world could have imported varieties of food from other parts of the world at a lower cost?

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Important inventions like railways and steamships facilitated import and export of varieties of food from other parts at a lower cost than before.

Lighter wagons and larger ships move food more cheaply and quickly from far away farms to final markets.

In 1870s animals were shipped live from America to Europe. Live cattle occupy large space, they often died in voyage or became ill and unfit to be taken. High prices kept the production down until refrigerated ships were invented which enabled the transport of perishable foods to a long distance at a lower cost.

The poor in Europe could now consume a more varied diet imported from other countries.