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... population of almost 10,000,000 in the mid - 1980s , it is the largest city in the world ( see MEXICO CITY ) . Guadalajara is the nation's second largest urban area . It is a much more traditional city in structure and appearance than ...
... population of almost 10,000,000 in the mid - 1980s , it is the largest city in the world ( see MEXICO CITY ) . Guadalajara is the nation's second largest urban area . It is a much more traditional city in structure and appearance than ...
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... population Demo- graphic transition Third World demo- graphics Urban culture The. tion , differentiation or specialization , and abstraction . Put more concretely : first , the structures of modern society take as their basic unit the ...
... population Demo- graphic transition Third World demo- graphics Urban culture The. tion , differentiation or specialization , and abstraction . Put more concretely : first , the structures of modern society take as their basic unit the ...
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... population revolution began . Europe's population doubled during the 18th century , from roughly 100 million to almost 200 million , and doubled again during the 19th century , to about 400 million . It was in Europe , too , that the ...
... population revolution began . Europe's population doubled during the 18th century , from roughly 100 million to almost 200 million , and doubled again during the 19th century , to about 400 million . It was in Europe , too , that the ...
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