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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “But, as is seen already from the preceding, new small industries have grown up instead, and this is also the case in…”

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But, as is seen already from the preceding, new small industries have grown up instead, and this is also the case in many other parts of France.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin observes the emergence of new small industries in France as traditional ones decline.

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