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factory system logic of industrialization protoindustrialization The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution mechanization modernization Import substitution industrialization industry social change Cultural evolution urbanization revolution J-curve hypothesis Globalization Cultural imperialism Assimilation Acculturation Survivals socialization

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