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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The distances of the Clouds; 3. The Cloudsas galaxies; 4. The cluster population; 5. The youngest field population; 6.Superassociations and supergiant shells; 7. The intermediate-age and oldestfield populations; 8. The interstellar medium; 9. X-ray sources, diffuseX-ray emission and supernova remnants; 10. The 30 Doradus complex; 11.Chemical abundances; 12. The structure and kinematics of the MagellanicSystem; Appendix 1: Acronyms and abreviations used in the text; Appendix 2:Reviews and proceedings; Bibliography; Index.