The growth-and-development coalition has been continuous from the 1500s to today

Evidence

The sixteenth-century groups that evolved the concept of progress are the same groups that right up until the present have pressed for increased growth and development: entrepreneurs, military engineers, humanist academics, and scientists and technicians. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 714

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-1970s globalization is continuous with earlier colonial expansion — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 318; The Industrial Revolution was imperial-scale and built on centuries of prior development — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 218

Broader Connections

• Post-1970s globalization is continuous with earlier colonial expansion #corroborates (0.92) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 318
• The Industrial Revolution was imperial-scale and built on centuries of prior development #corroborates (0.85) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 218