A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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Analyze the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters.
Why did Great Britain take the lead in industrialization, and when did other countries begin to adopt the new techniques and organization of production?
How did the achievements in agriculture and rural industry of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Chapter 19) pave the way for the Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth century?
How would you compare the political revolutions of the late eighteenth century (Chapter 22) with the Industrial Revolution? Which seems to you to have created the most important changes, and why?