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Oliver F. (United States of America)
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  1. interdisciplinary
    drawing from two or more fields of study
  2. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  3. demography
    the study of the characteristics of human populations
  4. historiography
    the writing of history
  5. capitalization
    the use of uppercase letters
  6. crisis
    a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
  7. tangentially
    in passing
  8. muse
    reflect deeply on a subject
  9. industrious
    characterized by hard work and perseverance
  10. Industrial Revolution
    the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
  11. semantics
    the study of language meaning
  12. transformation
    the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
  13. come to the fore
    make oneself visible; take action
  14. Baroque
    the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
  15. ancien regime
    a political and social system that no longer governs
  16. secularization
    removal of religion as a control or influence over something
  17. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  18. Thirty Years' War
    a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
  19. sumptuary
    regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
  20. promulgate
    state or announce
  21. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  22. disrepair
    the state of being in poor or damaged condition
  23. revenue
    the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
  24. per capita
    relating to each person individually
  25. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  26. textile
    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting fibers
  27. merchant
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
  28. afield
    far away from home or one's usual surroundings
  29. Malthusian theory
    Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
  30. economic theory
    a theory of commercial activities
  31. Pyrenees
    a chain of mountains between France and Spain
  32. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  33. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  34. differentiate
    acquire a distinct character
  35. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
Created on Sat Aug 08 16:16:33 EDT 2009 (updated Sat Aug 22 20:43:40 EDT 2009)

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