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Revised edition. 8°. pp. XXVII (3) 802 con numerose ill. n.t.+ 2 cartine geografiche + volte rip.f.t. T. tela edit. Lievi tracce d'uso al dorso della legat.<BR>Sommario: The Field and Function of Economic Geography; Distribution of Population; Introduction to the Land; Minerals of Direct Economic Use; Power Utililization and Industrial Development; Coal as a Fuel and Power Resource; The Petroleum Industry; The Geografic Distribution of Water Power Resources; The GeographicDistribution of the Iron and Steel Industries; The Economic Significance of the Principal Non- Ferrous Industrial Metals; The Climates of the World; Economic Products of the Tropical Humid Regions; The Regions of Warm and Dry Climates; The Principal Agriculturaò Industries in the Intermediate Regions; ThePolar Climates; The Economic Significance of the Sea; The Changing World; etc.