CONTENTS
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| Diagram Illustrative of the Concentration of Population—Frontispiece | |||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Abbreviations | viii | ||
CHAPTER I
Introduction
| Comparison of the distribution of population in the United States in 1790 and in Australia in 1891 | 1 | ||
| Methods of studying the distribution of population | 2 | ||
| Density of population | 4 | ||
| Agglomeration, or community life : | |||
| In antiquity | 5 | ||
| In the middle ages | 6 | ||
| In modern times | 7 | ||
| Statistical measurements of agglomeration : | |||
| French, Italian and English methods | 9 | ||
| Supan's method | 10 | ||
| Legal definitions of urban centre | 12 | ||
| Definitions of official statisticians | 14 | ||
| Final classification of dwelling-places | 16 | ||
| Comparability of urban statistics : | |||
| Limitations arising from territorial extent | 17 | ||
| Limitations arising from annexation of new territory | 18 | ||
CHAPTER II
The History and Statistics of Urban Growth.
| I. | The United States | 20 |
| II. | The United Kingdom of Great Britain ana Ireland : | |
| 1. England and Wales | 40 | |
| 2. Scotland | 57 | |
| 3. Ireland | 64 |
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