| Description |
xi, 483 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
1944 edition edited by George T. Renner. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Physical Patterns of the World -- 1. Geography: A Global Science / E.Willard Miller -- 2. Earth-Sun Relations / Lucia C.Harrison -- 3. The Pattern of Continents and Oceans / Thomas F.Barton -- 4. The World's Atmosphere / Alan P.Mewha -- 5. Landforms of the Continents / Ben F.Lemert -- 6. The World's Waters / Robert S. Chauvin -- 7. The World's Climate / Melvin Kazeck -- 8. Soils: Their Nature and Fertility / Stephen S.Visher -- 9. Natural Vegetation: Its Characteristics and Distribution / Edgar N. Transeau -- 10. Mineral Resources of the World / Warren T. Strain -- 11. Man and His Physical Environment / Walter A. Browne -- Part 2: Cultural Geography -- 12. Visualizing and Mapping the World / Walter W. Ristow -- 13. World Distribution of Population / G.David Koch -- 14. Urbanism and the World's Cities / Donald R. Dyer -- 15. The Pattern of Health and Disease / Stanton J. Ware -- 16. The Geography of Leadership / Stephen S. Visher -- Part 3: Geography and Economic Activity -- 17. The World Problem of Conservation / J. Russell Whitaker -- 18. Petroleum: A World Resource / Alan P. Mewha -- 19. Rubber from Forest, Plantation, and Factory / George T. Renner, III -- 20. The Geography of Food and Hunger / Ovid M.McMillion -- 21. Industrial Areas of the World / C.Langdon White -- 22. Transportation and Communication / Paul F. Griffin -- 23. Technology and Geographic Change / Harold F. Clark -- Part 4: Geography and Political Functions -- 24. Current World Affairs and Contemporary Geography / Alfred H.Meyer -- 25. Geography and the Origin of National States / William F. Christians -- 26. The Soviet Union: An Example of Land Power / Fred E. Dohrs -- 27. Britain: Overseas Expansion and Naval Power / Charles A. Cannon, Jr. -- 28. Conflicts Among Nations / George A. Lincoln -- 29. Geography and Diplomacy / James M.Hunter -- 30. Geography and the Logistics of War / Weldon B. Gibson -- 31. Theories of World Power and Control / Anthony Reyner -- 32. Resources and World Peace / E.Willard Miller |
| Subject |
Geography.
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Geography. |
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Economic geography.
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Economic geography. |
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Geopolitics.
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Geopolitics. |
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Géographie. |
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Géographie économique. |
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Géopolitique. |
| Added Author |
Renner, George T. (George Thomas), 1900-1955.
Global geography.
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