Steven Vago identifies five critical components for analyzing social change:

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The book typically follows this structure (varies slightly by edition):

She began to read. Vago’s prose was dry, academic, clinical. He wrote about the cyclical nature of history, the tension between tradition and technology. But the annotations—the "hot" notes—were what grabbed her.

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