Civilization and Climate
autor: Ellsworth Huntington
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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
Rozdziały (18)
1 INTRODUCTION
2 RACE OR PLACE
3 THE WHITE MAN IN THE TROPICS
4 THE EFFECT OF THE SEASONS
5 THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE
6 WORK AND WEATHER
7 HEALTH AND THE ATMOSPHERE
8 MORTALITY, MOISTURE, AND VARIABILITY
9 HEALTH AND WEATHER
10 THE IDEAL CLIMATE
11 THE DISTRIBUTION OF CIVILIZATION
12 VITALITY AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
13 THE CONDITIONS OF CIVILIZATION
14 THE SHIFTING OF CLIMATIC ZONES
15 THE PULSATORY HYPOTHESIS AND ITS CRITICS
16 THE SHIFTING CENTERS OF CIVILIZATION
17 ABORIGINAL AMERICA AND MODERN AUSTRALIA
18 THE CLIMATIC HYPOTHESIS OF CIVILIZATION
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