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... revolution when one studies the history of Athens in the two generations of Solon and Peisistratus . This Attic economic revolution corresponds , historically , to the Eng- lish industrial revolution at the turn of the eighteenth and ...
... revolution when one studies the history of Athens in the two generations of Solon and Peisistratus . This Attic economic revolution corresponds , historically , to the Eng- lish industrial revolution at the turn of the eighteenth and ...
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... Revolution of 1908. Mustafa Kemal's chance came when Turkey was down and out in consequence of having shared her ... revolution at the end of the seventeenth century , the French Revolution , and the In- dustrial Revolution had all ...
... Revolution of 1908. Mustafa Kemal's chance came when Turkey was down and out in consequence of having shared her ... revolution at the end of the seventeenth century , the French Revolution , and the In- dustrial Revolution had all ...
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... revolution , growth becomes hazard- ous ; if it results in an enormity , breakdown may be diagnosed . Then follow a series of examples of the im- pact of new forces upon old institutions , the first group being impacts of the two great ...
... revolution , growth becomes hazard- ous ; if it results in an enormity , breakdown may be diagnosed . Then follow a series of examples of the im- pact of new forces upon old institutions , the first group being impacts of the two great ...
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CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
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