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1196:Linguistics
1189:private law
1046:archaeology
783:August 2008
586:framework.
580:nonviolence
539:, from the
537:communalism
518:communities
510:homogeneous
488:founded by
466:Louis Wirth
434:ethnography
88:Social work
1672:Categories
1601:Humanities
1535:historical
1468:psychology
1440:Management
1282:demography
1240:Psychology
1223:philosophy
1184:public law
1115:integrated
772:incomplete
652:Vanderbilt
1678:Community
1479:Planning
1458:economics
1375:Education
1272:Sociology
1250:cognitive
1201:semiotics
1152:political
1110:technical
1095:Geography
1068:Economics
557:curricula
551:Curricula
529:influence
512:, almost
419:sociology
249:Sobornost
43:Community
1620:Category
1488:regional
1483:land use
1318:business
1287:internet
1245:abnormal
1147:military
1137:economic
1127:cultural
1100:physical
1061:physical
1051:cultural
927:Archived
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853:Archived
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831:Archived
812:Archived
584:activist
503:colonial
482:post-war
425:and the
335:See also
35:a series
33:Part of
1632:Commons
1463:history
1453:science
1388:studies
1122:History
1034:Primary
1020:History
1015:Outline
962:Sources
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474:Britain
430:methods
343:Outline
1323:public
1265:social
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1056:social
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545:global
525:wholes
516:-like
413:is an
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1297:urban
1292:rural
1142:human
1105:human
1025:Index
933:, an
795:Notes
514:tribe
478:Kenya
472:. In
1561:List
886:ISBN
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672:(UK)
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436:and
421:and
1164:Law
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