In industrialised societies the nuclear family, consisting of only of parents and their growing children, predominates.

It was becoming an industrialised society constituted by highly impersonal secondary relations.

Now consider the fact that in industrialised societies, buildings and the movement of people between them, together account for two thirds of the energy consumed.

It has to be appreciated that, in a complex industrialised society such as ours, some wastes are unavoidable.

However, most industrialised societies today have stratification systems that strongly reflect economic relationships.

The mineral wealth generated in this period laid the foundation for an industrialised society.

Grandparents in industrialised societies invest a significant amount of time and money in their grandchildren.

The continuation evokes, however, the opposite image of the modern industrialised society:

Today, many people travel daily to work a long way from their own towns, cities, and villages, especially in industrialised societies.

My father used to argue seriously that, in the modern industrialised societies, it would be better if inheritance were banned.