Missouri: A Geography

ISBN-13: 9780367018412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 286 str.

Milton Rafferty

Opis

Missouri—from the gateway arch in St. Louis to the Pony Express stables in St. Joseph, from the Ozarks of the south to the rolling, corn-studded hills of the north—is the subject of this comprehensive geography. Dr. Rafferty brings together a wealth of information about Missouri's resources and people, tracing the theme of persistence versus change

Spis treści

Illustration Credits -- Preface -- Geology and Physiography -- Climate, Vegetation, and Soils -- Boundaries and Land Surveys -- Settlement -- Population: Character and Distribution -- Minerals and Mining -- Agriculture: Development and Geography -- The Lumber Industry -- Transportation -- An Economic Overview -- Political and Social Geography -- Metropolitan Centers -- The Geographic Regions -- Appendixes

O autorze

Milton D. Rafferty is professor and head of the Department of Geography and Geology at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. Missouri has been his particular area of study for the past fifteen years; this book incorporates much of his original research. His publications include The Ozarks: Land and Life and Historical Atlas of Missouri.