USEFUL NEW GEOGRAPHY
Barnes, Harry Elmer
Useful New Geography GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY, by George T. Renner and Associates. Thomas Y. Crowell Co. $5. Reviewed by Harry Elmer Barnes THIS comprehensive work by Prof. George T. Renner'and a group...
...The second part is entitled Genomic Problems and investigates the more important aspects of economic geography, such as supplies of oil, rubber and food, conservation issues, and the relation of technology and geography...
...George T. Renner'and a group of associate authors is a timely contribution to economic and political geography...
...Part III on Geocultural Problems handles races, population problems, the geographic factors in city growth and location, and the relation of geography to current events...
...The first part deals with resource patterns and world affairs and treats of geographic patterns, forms, cli--mates, and natural resources...
...As might be expected, there is little realism in analyzing the causes and issues of World War II, where the treatment follows the "official line" fairly piously and completely...
...Incidentally, it disposes of the silly notion that the Germans have been the only people to cultivate the science of geopolitics...
...The book is interestingly written and well-planned...
...The final part, on Geopolitical Problems, covers such topics as the relation of geography to war, strategy, peace, and world control...
...Yet, after making allowance for such defects which are nearly universal in contemporary war literature, it is true that this is one of the most useful books which has appeared on the very important relation of geography to the problems of diplomacy, war, and peace...
Vol. 8 • November 1944 • No. 47
