Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

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

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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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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

Collection:: Economics Books

Transportation and the Location of Cities 20° Fra. 152. Ore docks at Chicago. [llinols Steel Company 2 Look up the history and present transportation conditions of St. Louis. Describe how and when the growth of the city and of its transportation system has been connected with furs, cotton, railroad bridges, the Mis- souri River, and cattle ranches. Compare Pittsburgh and Cincinnati with respect to (a) rivers; (b) through railway routes; (c) coal, iron, and other commodities for transportation. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha, and Louisville are all located on the Mississippi River system. What conditions of transportation or industry determined their position? Why is their river traffic of little ‘mportance Summary of great cities in the United States. On an outline map indicate the location and name of each city mentioned in this chapter, including the exercises. Label the rivers, bays, or lakes mentioned either in the chapter or in reports on the exercises. From Table 5, page 330, list the cities of the United States having a popu- lation of more than 300,000 and see if any have been omitted from this chapter and its exercises. If so, explain the reasons for their importance and the degree to which their position and growth depend on transportation. Study the location of Indianapolis. If the capital of Indiana had been placed fifty miles in any direction from its present location, would the growth of the city have been different? Compare Indianapolis in this respect with any other great city with which you are familiar. What important railway centers have a population of more than 200,000 and do not have any kind of transportation by water? How far does the nosition and growth of Denver depend on routes of transportation ? - YY. F. | ) 2

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