Economic geography
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Economic geography
Prentice Hall, 1988
3rd ed
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Rev. ed. of: Economic geography / John W. Alexander, Lay James Gibson. 2nd ed. 1979
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text explores the theory of the location of economic activity, and the application of that theory to geographic aspects of major economic activities.
Table of Contents
1. Economic Geography Today.
2. Historical Evolution of the World System.
3. Primitive Economic Activity.
4. Intensive Subsistence Agriculture.
5. Commercial Agriculture - Dairying and Mixed Farming.
6. Commercial Agriculture - Grain Farming and Livestock Grazing.
7. Commercial Agriculture - Specialty Crops and Poultry.
8. Commercial Agriculture in the Topics.
9. Fishing and Forestry.
10. Coal, Electricity, Water, and Nuclear Energy Resources.
11. Petroleum and Natural Gas.
12. Ferrous and Nonferrous Mineral Extraction and Processing.
13. Manufacturing Theories and Trends.
14. Changing Order in Textile and Apparel Production.
15. Capital Intensive Steel and Motor Vehicle Production.
16. Knowledge-Intensive High Technology Activity.
17. Cities as Service Centers.
18. Commercial Activity in the City.
19. Comparative Urban Structure.
20. Geography of International Business.
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