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... revolution . THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION and its afterMATH , 1910-40 When armed outbreaks initiated the Mexican Revolu- tion in 1910 , the immediate object was to replace Díaz as president . What began as a relatively simple political ...
... revolution . THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION and its afterMATH , 1910-40 When armed outbreaks initiated the Mexican Revolu- tion in 1910 , the immediate object was to replace Díaz as president . What began as a relatively simple political ...
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... revolution produced , paradoxically , urban civilization ; the Industrial Revolution lifted humankind onto a new plane of technological development that vastly increased the scope for transforming the material environment . In its speed ...
... revolution produced , paradoxically , urban civilization ; the Industrial Revolution lifted humankind onto a new plane of technological development that vastly increased the scope for transforming the material environment . In its speed ...
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... revolution in Britain The American Revolution added a further ingredient to the political form of modern society . It asserted the principle of self - determination . Only those states were le- gitimate in which a people of common ...
... revolution in Britain The American Revolution added a further ingredient to the political form of modern society . It asserted the principle of self - determination . Only those states were le- gitimate in which a people of common ...
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