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Societies in Transition: Industrial Transformation

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Professor Palmer looks at the Industrial Revolution and how it transformed societies. She also examines the idea that the Revolution is as important to civilization as the transition from hunter-gatherers to farming societies thousands of years ago.

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Societies in Transition
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Marylyn Palmer
Keywords
innovation diffusion continuity
industrial revolution
industrialization
transition
anthropology
societies
Department: Linacre College
Date Added: 24/03/2009
Duration: 00:59:47

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