Mountain Geography: A Critique and Field Study

Roderick Peattie

Published by Harvard University Press 1936

Mountain Geography

A Critique and Field Study

Roderick Peattie

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674184244

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
CHAPTER I. MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
CHAPTER II. HUMIDITY AND PRECIPITATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
CHAPTER III. WINDS , CLOUDS , AND SUN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
CHAPTER IV. VEGETATION ZONES AND THE HEIGHT LIMITS OF FIELDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
CHAPTER VI. ALP PASTURES AND ALP ECONOMY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
CHAPTER VII. LAND UTILIZATION AND ECONOMICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
CHAPTER VIII. MOUNTAIN POPULATIONS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
CHAPTER IX. MATTERS POLITICAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
CHAPTER Χ. THE CHARACTER OF MOUNTAIN LIFE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. THE METRIC SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
APPENDIX Β. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MOUNTAINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1936
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 257
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 65
Keywords: Mountains.; Mountains -- Europe.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674184244

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1936
ISBN: 9780674334434