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> この[辺]{あた}りは農作物ができないため、江戸時代にこうした家内産業が発展した。

"Because in this area crops weren't possible, in the edo area ???? wife
industry made growth/grew."

"wife industry" sounds pretty odd, I guess it is meant that the wife does work
at home? However, what does this have to do with crops???
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What is this こうした家内産業?
The English term for 家内産業 is "cottage industry."

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Does it make sense now?
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I think こうした just means houses _like these_.

In the sentences prior it talks about how they specifically built it to make
summer feel cool and winter feel warm, and also how life inside involved
raising silk worms and creating the stuff for gunpowder.

So, it appears that those "industries" thrived because the inhabitants did not
spend their time on crops. Regarding 家内, I think this word is a bit old. Maybe
it implies wife since typically they had to stay at home...
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