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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Rice, staple food in Orient 40, 41; acreage in United States 49%; production 50-52%; culture 51,* 52; at New Orleans 258; in Asia 312, 314, 321; from Asia 321 Riga (Latvia) 208, 331 Rigi 180 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 147,* 148, 151, 304. 331, 336 Rivers, transportation on 194, 195.* 319; ports on 330, 332 Rivers and Harbors Bill 206 Roads, advantages of good 9,* 10; as factor in transportation 168, 169; roadmaking 170; and geographic conditions 173 Rochester (New York) 220, 252, 330 Rocky Mountains, sheep raising in 91, 92; forest regions of 134, 136-137 Rosario (Argentina) 147, 153, 332, 336 Rosin 257 Rotterdam (Netherlands) 269, 332 Roubaix (France) 267 Rouen (France) 267 Routes, shipping, of world 158*; principal, for liners 191, 202; for wheat 220; from Montreal 225; through Panama Canal 200, 201, 205; railway, from New York 210; United States to Europe 211, 212 Rubber, South America 147, 151, 336; where world’s supply produced 275; United States supply imported 289; production in Asia and Australia 313; from Asia 321 Rugs 272, 277 Rumania, corn 41, 49; wheat 55; petroleum 130*; raw silk 279; flax 279; foreign com- merce 281, 309; area and population 329 Russia, cotton production 7*; rye 41, 58; wheat 43, 53, 55; potatoes 63, 67; sugar beets 70,292; cattle 90,95; sale of Alaska t05; protection of fur seals 106; copper 119; gold 120; petroleum 130*; forests 110, 143; roads 170; railway mileage 183 ; wool and hides 275, 294; cereals 278; wood 279; flax 279; commerce 281, 309; industries 288; area and population 329 Russian Turkestan. See Turkestan Rye, stalk of 40*; in Europe 41, 58*; pro- duction in Asia and Australia 312 St. Anthony's Falls 237 St. Gallen (Switzerland) 270 St. John (New Brunswick) 225, 226 St. John’s (Newfoundland) 225 St. Joseph (Missouri) 258, 335 St. Lawrence River 193, 220, 225, 226 St. Louis (Missouri) 78, 161, 195, 223, 256, 330 St. Mary’s Falls 192, 198 St. Mary’s Canals 198, 206 St. Paul (Minnesota) 195, 215, 223, 256, 330 Saar vallev 274 Index fF Sahara, desert of 230, 233 Salt River valley 35, 70* San Antonio (Texas) 259 San Diego (California) 214 San Francisco (California) 62, 72, 138, 201, 207, 214,* 215, 216, 221, 259, 330 San Pedro (California) 214 sand 112, 113, 117 Santiago (Chile) 153, 333, 336 Santos (Brazil) 147, 148, 151, 190, 336 ~ao Paulo (Brazil) 153, 332, 336 Sault Ste. Marie 198 Savannah (Georgia) 9, 136, 222, 335 Schenectady (New York) 252, 335 Scotland, oats 41, 57*; wheat 53; sheep 93; fishing 107, 108; area and population 327 Scranton (Pennsylvania) 125, 211, 211, 256. 257, 335 seaports, of South America 115-153*; of United States 201, 208-216,* 222, 330; »f Canada 225, 226; of Africa 228-231; of Europe 266,* 267, 268, 269, 283; chief, of world 330-332 . Seattle (Washington) 138, 161, 190, 214, 215, 216,* 221, 226, 259, 330 ‘eine River 267 shanghai 160,* 332 Shantung 302 sheep, and wool 91-93,* 97, 99, 100; and milk 87; in United States 90,* 91%; in tropics 91; in world 92-93*; meat pro- Juction 98; exports of, from North Africa 230; in France 267; in Belgium 270; in Asia 312; in Australia 312, 316* Sheffield (England) 266, 268, 333 shepherd, life of 90,* 93 Shipbuilding, at Philadelphia 251, 252; in Great Britain 266; in Germany 268; in Holland 269 ships, for cattle 87; oil-burning 129; owner- ship of 125; on La Plata 147; world ~outes for 158* ; as means of transportation 160, 166,* 171, 172, 189, 206%; ocean traffic of 189-191; on Great Lakes 192- 191,* 219: on rivers and canals 194-202* Shoe industry 161, 212, 250, 256, 271 Siam 120, 175, 309, 328 Siberia, forests 140; railways 175, 181; primary products 312, 313; wheat 316; area and population 328 1k, transportation of 168, 216; industry 210, 212, 260, 263, 267, 268, 270, 291 ; raw, where produced 271, 273,* 275, 276, 290, 313, 318, 319; imports into United States 290, 291, 293; exports of, from Asia 321 dlver, world production 112, 120*; in United States 113, 325: in Asia and Aus tralia 313; from South America 336 Sisal 154. * 289

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