Civilization and Climate
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124
1924
English
- PREFACE. Preface to First Edition, Preface to Third Edition.
- INTRODUCTION
- RACE OR PLACE
- THE WHITE MAN IN THE TROPICS
- THE EFFECT OF THE SEASONS
- THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE
- WORK AND WEATHER
- HEALTH AND THE ATMOSPHERE
- MORTALITY, MOISTURE, AND VARIABILITY
- HEALTH AND WEATHER
- THE IDEAL CLIMATE
- THE DISTRIBUTION OF CIVILIZATION
- VITALITY AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
- THE CONDITIONS OF CIVILIZATION
- THE SHIFTING OF CLIMATIC ZONES
- THE PULSATORY HYPOTHESIS AND ITS CRITICS
- THE SHIFTING CENTERS OF CIVILIZATION
- ABORIGINAL AMERICA AND MODERN AUSTRALIA
- THE CLIMATIC HYPOTHESIS OF CIVILIZATION
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship between the level of civilization and the geography of the climate is analysed and presented with comparative maps spanning the whole world. The distribution of human achievement such as education, industry, and level of civil development are all scrutinised under seasonal changes, and a variety of variety of climatic and geographic factors that has subtly shaped human destiny. - Summary by leon harvey
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