Title: Our earth and man : Eurasia and the modern world /
Authors: Whipple, Gertrude.; James, Preston E. 1899-1986.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1955
Subjects: Geography Europe Textbooks.; Geography Asia Textbooks.; Europe Geography Textbooks.; Asia Geography Textbooks.
Contents: The Great World Island. Latitude and longitude ; Eurasia on the map ; Climates of the great world island ; Vegetation of the great world island ; The nations of Eurasia -- The union of Soviet socialist republics-the land and people. The Soviet Union on the map ; Different natural regions ; People and government ; The resources and industries of the Soviet Union ; The problem of the Soviet Union -- Soviet Europe. Soviet Europe on the map ; Farms, crops, and villages ; Rivers, lakes, and forests ; Manufacturing, cities, and trade ; The productive part of the Soviet Union -- Soviet Asia. Around Soviet Asia by map ; Developing agriculture and grazing ; Developing fisheries and shipping routes ; Developing mineral resources and industries -- Europe. What the maps tell about Europe ; How the many nations developed in Europe ; The natural resources of Europe -- Western Europe-the South. Using a map of Western Europe ; France ; The French Union ; The low countries ; Belgian Congo ; The Netherlands and its colonies ; Germany ; Austria ; Switzerland -- Western Europe-the North. A map of the North ; Denmark and Iceland ; Norway and Sweden ; Finland ; Interdependent nations -- Central Europe. Reading the map of Central Europe ; Poland ; Czechoslovakia ; Hungary ; Romania and Bulgaria ; Yugoslavia and Albania ; The problem of Europe -- The Middle East. Maps showing the Middle East ; Ways of living in the Middle East ; Oil in the Middle East ; Oil in the Middle East ; Turkey ; Egypt ; Israel -- The Republic of India, and Pakistan. How old India became two British dominions ; India's great problems ; India and Pakistan on the map ; Farming in India and Pakistan ; The rain forests ; Transportation, industries, cities, and trade ; The need for cooperation.