ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF THE U.S.S.R.

by Dalzak; Vasyutin & Feigin- Eds. ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Too bad this kind of geography isn't taught in schools of the U.S.A. as well as in schools of the U.S.S.R. By which I don't mean the content, but the type of economic geography. Specially- as reported in February- this book is a text, a text book it would profit national and international planners to study. Not, of course, as a matter of conversion to the acceptance of the theories implicit therein, but for better understanding of (a) the historical background, (b) the historical developments, (c) the goals. The intimate interrelation of geographic and ethnological facts with development of resources, of transportation and distribution facilities, and the human elements thereof make revealing reading. The book surveys the distribution of productive forces, character of natural conditions, distribution of population, industry, agriculture and transportation, against first the czarist period, then the USSR. An introduction presents the Soviet view of the science of economic geography and points out the fallacies of other views. A convincing case is made for the need of such a study and its relation to socialist construction. Important charts and tables in the Appendix.

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Publisher: Macmillan

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1949

Categories: NONFICTION