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... town have a popula- Varying definitions 120,000 3.5 392,000 27.3 5,403,466 35.1 areas of 500 or more inhabitants and adjoining suburban areas ; well - established towns of fewer than 500 but at least 100 white inhabitants and with ...
... town have a popula- Varying definitions 120,000 3.5 392,000 27.3 5,403,466 35.1 areas of 500 or more inhabitants and adjoining suburban areas ; well - established towns of fewer than 500 but at least 100 white inhabitants and with ...
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... town itself was divided into five “ ends , " which seem to have corre- sponded to the " fifths " into which the hinterland was divided . There was , in addition , a veche ( " council " ) , ap- parently a kind of town meeting of broad ...
... town itself was divided into five “ ends , " which seem to have corre- sponded to the " fifths " into which the hinterland was divided . There was , in addition , a veche ( " council " ) , ap- parently a kind of town meeting of broad ...
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... town dwellers live in this one city . The primary factor distin- guishing the rural farmer from the town dweller is mone- tary income , since the inhabitants of the towns earn from 10 to 12 times more than those living elsewhere ...
... town dwellers live in this one city . The primary factor distin- guishing the rural farmer from the town dweller is mone- tary income , since the inhabitants of the towns earn from 10 to 12 times more than those living elsewhere ...
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