Missouri - Milton Rafferty

Missouri

A Geography

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
286 Seiten
2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-01841-2 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
 Dr. Rafferty brings together a wealth of information about Missouri's resources and people, tracing the theme of persistence versus change in the relationship between man and the land.
Missouri—from the gateway arch in St. Louis to the Pony Express stables in St. Joseph, from the Ozarks of the south to the rolling, corn-studded hills of the north—is the subject of this comprehensive geography. Dr. Rafferty brings together a wealth of information about Missouri's resources and people, tracing the theme of persistence versus change

Milton D. Rafferty is professor and head of the Department of Geography and Geology at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. Missouri has been his particular area of study for the past fifteen years; this book incorporates much of his original research. His publications include The Ozarks: Land and Life and Historical Atlas of Missouri.

Illustration Credits -- Preface -- Geology and Physiography -- Climate, Vegetation, and Soils -- Boundaries and Land Surveys -- Settlement -- Population: Character and Distribution -- Minerals and Mining -- Agriculture: Development and Geography -- The Lumber Industry -- Transportation -- An Economic Overview -- Political and Social Geography -- Metropolitan Centers -- The Geographic Regions -- Appendixes

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 251 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-367-01841-1 / 0367018411
ISBN-13 978-0-367-01841-2 / 9780367018412
Zustand Neuware
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