Principles of Human Geography

xiv, 429 pp. CONTENTS: Man's Relation to Physical Environment: Human Geography; Man's Relation to Location: The Effect of the Earth's Form and Motions; Man's Relation to Land Forms: The Continents and Man; Human Activities in Mountains and Plains; Man's Relation to Bodies of Water: The Influence of the Oceans; The Use of Inland Waters; Man's Relation to Soil and Minerals: Soil and the Farmer; Metals and Civilization; The Sources of Power; Man's Relation to Climate: Climate and the Climatic Zones; The Climate of Continents and Oceans; Climate and Human Energy; Man's Relation to Vegetation and Animals: The Earth's Garment of Vegetation; Vegetation and Man in the Warmest Regions; Life in Subtropical and Monsoon Regions; Modes of Life in Deserts and Polar Regions; Irrigation; Man's Work in Regions of Cyclonic Storms; The World's Diet; Man's Changing Surroundings; Mans' Relation to Man: Political Geography; International Relations; Index.