Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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348 Modern Business Geography Population — Continued tage in ports of United States 208; of Canadian cities 225; of African cities 228 : in manufacturing centers 235, 243, 265; percentage of workers engaged in industries 243, 247, 248, 249,* 319; distribution of, in United States 248,* 309; of European countries 265, 269, 270, 275, 287, 299; of Australia 272; world density of 284*; and importance of markets 285-288; of India 287; of China 301, 320 ; of Canada 305; of Mexico 306; of Philippine Islands 306: of Asia and Australia 311, 315, 318, 319, 322; of United States, by states 327; of chief countries and colonies 328; of com- mercial cities of United States 330, 334; of cities outside United States 330, 335 Porcelain 267, 273 Port Arthur (Manitoba) 220 Port Elizabeth (South Africa) 228 Port Natal (South Africa) 228, 231 Port Said (Egypt) 228,230 Port Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) 230 Port works 207, 209, 212, 214, 219, 220 Portland (Maine) 222, 334 Portland (Oregon) 138, 214, 215, 216, 259, 330 Porto Rico, sugar 69, 73, 292; citrus fruits 77; as market 301; area and population 326, 329 Portsmouth (Virginia) 212 Portugal, fruits 78; fisheries 103, 107; com- merce 281, 309; area and population 329 Potash 268, 289, 290 Potassium chloride. See Potash Potatoes 62, 63,* 67, 74, 100, 312 Potomac River 212 Poultry 99,* 101 Power, and industries 235, 236, 237,* 238.* 243. See also Coal, Fuels, Water power Prague (Czechoslovakia) 271, 332 Precious stones 168, 289, 290, 293 Pribilof Islands 106 Prince Rupert (British Columbia) 226 Printing 247, 251, 258, 259 Production, primary 1, 8; of cotton 2-8*; field of 27-157*; in Africa 228; of Asia and Australia 312, 313 Products, world’s chief primary 312, 313 Providence (Rhode Island) 222, 250. 330 Prussia 41 Puebla (Mexico) 155 Puget Sound 215, 259 Punta Arenas (Chile) 152, 335 Purchasing power, of United States and Europe 287; of Paris 288; of Asiatic peoples 313. 314. 315* Quarrying 112, 117-122, * 239 Duebec (Quebec) 139, 225, 226, 260 Quebracho wood 140, 148, 336 Quincy (Massachusetts) 239, 334 Juinine 270 Duito (Ecuador) 153, 336 Railroads, in Central America 79; and cattle raising 87; and mining 124; of South America 148, 167, 177,* 184,* 302; government ownership of 174; in progres- sive countries 175; of North America 176,* 184,* 186* ; under local management 178; conditions affecting development of 178, 179, 186*; cost of 180-183 ; of world 183, 184*; of United States 183, 186,* 187, 192,* 193, 204*; of Canada 186,* 192,* 204,* 226, 227 ; of Europe 197, 266,* 267; cities of United States as centers of 209, 210, 211, 214, 217, 219; routes across Appalachians 210, 211, 212; of Africa 229, 230, 231, 233; of Asia and Australia 317 ainfall, of world viii; in United States 6,* 30; methods used to offset unfavorable 31; and wheat 42, 43; and corn 47, 49; and rice 50, 60; and sugar beets 70; and sugar cane 71; and apples 75; and bana- nas 78, 79; and coconuts 79; and sheep raising 92; and forests 134; on west coast of South America 146; and water power 238; in Asia and Australia 314, 318 Raisins 81 Rangoon (Burma) 162, 331 Raw materials, kinds shipped by tramp steamers 191; Africa as producer of 228; and location of industries 238, 243, 250; production of, in Australia 271, 312, 313, 321; Holland as dealer in tropical 275; production of, in Europe 279; United States imports and exports of 294, 295; Europe as market for 299; from South America 302; from Asia and Australia 312, 313, 321 Reclamation Service, U. S. 35,* 36 Red River 227 Red Sea 230 Refrigeration, for fruit 76; for milk 86; for meat 90, 97; for fish 105; cost of 238 Regina (Saskatchewan) 225 Reindeer 87 Relief, and wheat farming 42, 43, 47; and corn 49; and rice 50, 51; and apples 75; and mineral deposits 112, 119; and lum- bering 132; of South America 145, 146, 148, 149, 153; and air transportation 169; and railways 179, 180, 186*; and water power 238*; and industries in Switzerland 270; of Asia and Australia 315 Resin 136 Rhode Island .railway mileage 187; area and population 326: manufacturing 327

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