Mountain Geography : : A Critique and Field Study / / Roderick Peattie.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1936 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- CHAPTER I. MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES
- CHAPTER II. HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION
- CHAPTER III. WINDS , CLOUDS , AND SUN
- CHAPTER IV. VEGETATION ZONES AND THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF FIELDS
- CHAPTER VI. ALP PASTURES AND ALP ECONOMY
- CHAPTER VII. LAND UTILIZATION AND ECONOMICS
- CHAPTER VIII. MOUNTAIN POPULATIONS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER IX. MATTERS POLITICAL
- CHAPTER Χ. THE CHARACTER OF MOUNTAIN LIFE
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX A. THE METRIC SYSTEM
- APPENDIX Β. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MOUNTAINS
- INDEX