CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER
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Corton: AN ExaMpLE IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY

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PART ONE: THE FIELD OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION

II. Tue Unitep StaTEs As A Farming COUNTRY .
ITI. CereaL FarMminGg . . . . . :
IV. Tue VEGETABLE FarM anND THE Truck GARDEN
V. Sucar Beers anDp Sucar CANE .
VI. Wuegre Fruit 1s PRODUCED . .
VII. Tue Sources oF ANIMAL Propucrs.
VIII. FISHERIES . . .
IX. Tue MiNING INDUSTRY
X. Tue FueL Probucrts . . .
XI. LuMBERING AND Forest PropucTs .
XII. ProBLEMs IN PriMarRY PropuctioN
(4) Sout AMERICA . . i
(B) Mexico, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE WEST INDIES
(C) THE UNITED STATES

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PART TWO: THE FIELD OF TRANSPORTATION

XIII.
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Means oF TRANSPORTATION . .
RaiLroADS . .
THE Use oF SHirs . a
TRANSPORTATION AND THE LocaTioN OF CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN TRANSPORTATION
(4) BritisH NORTH AMERICA
(BY AFRICA

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PART THREE: THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURING
XVIII. Thue GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF MANUFACTURE . ‘ ’ . 235
XIX. MANUFACTURING REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES . . . . 247
XX. MANUFACTURING OutrsipE THE UNITED STATES . . 264
XXT Waar Europe DoEs ror A Living . . . . 278
(4) Ax Exercise IN PriMARY ProbpucTION, MANUFACTURING. AND
TRANSPORTATION . : ’ .
(B) A Stupy oF A EurorEaAN COUNTRY

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PART FOUR: THE FIELD OF CONSUMPTION
XXII. THE UNITED STATES AS A MARKET . . }
XXIII. ForeicN CouNTRIES AND WORLD MARKETS
XXIV. Tue CONTRAST BETWEEN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
APPEND:
INDEX

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