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... become modern . Modernization is a continuous and open - ended process . Historically , the span of time over which it has occurred must be measured in centuries , although there are exam- ples of accelerated modernization . In either ...
... become modern . Modernization is a continuous and open - ended process . Historically , the span of time over which it has occurred must be measured in centuries , although there are exam- ples of accelerated modernization . In either ...
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... become modern was to become something like Western industrial society . Non- Western societies were not always given much choice in the matter . As formal colonies or informal clients of West- ern powers , they often found themselves ...
... become modern was to become something like Western industrial society . Non- Western societies were not always given much choice in the matter . As formal colonies or informal clients of West- ern powers , they often found themselves ...
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... become globose with the whorls increasing rapidly in size , as in Pomacea ; have the whorls become elongate and rapidly larger , as in Conus and Scaphella ; have a few flatly coiled whorls that massively increase in width , as in ...
... become globose with the whorls increasing rapidly in size , as in Pomacea ; have the whorls become elongate and rapidly larger , as in Conus and Scaphella ; have a few flatly coiled whorls that massively increase in width , as in ...
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