A home geography of New York city (1905) (14802704193)
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Identifier: homegeographyofn00stra (find matches)
Title: A home geography of New York city
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Straubenmuller, Gustave
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel New York (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc) Ginn & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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N this new book Professor Brigham has presentedvividly and clearly those physiographic featuresof America which have been importarst in guidingthe unfolding of our industrial and national life. Thearrangement is mainly geographical. Among thethemes receiving special treatment are : The EasternGateway of the United States, the Appalachian Bar-rier, the Great Lakes and American Commerce, theCivil War, and Mines and Mountain Life. ♦ Closingchapters deal with the unity and diversity of Ameri-can life and with physiography as affecting Americandestiny. The book will be found particularly interesting andvaluable to students and teachers of geography andhistory, but it will also appeal to the general reader.The very large number of rare and attractive photo-graphs and the numerous maps are of importance invivifying and explaining the text. GINN & COMPANY Publishers INUV ** ^^homegeographyofn00stra
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