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strangeaffliction

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Explain the concept of the Industrial Revolution as the Great Transformation. What were some of the key elements of this transformation?
 
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Question 2

Areas with a high risk of desertification are more often found in:
 
  a. North America
  b. South America
  c. Middle East
  d. Europe



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Answer to Question 1

Karly Planyi coined the term Great Transformation to refer to the global changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. By this he meant that goods, land and labor took on a standardized monetary value, relationships based on contracts, the domination of the corporate form, the selling of labor for wages and the spread of political rights and equality.

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