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Excerpt from Library Newsletter, 1947, Vol. 6 In the first 733 pages the authors describe the great industries and the great economic activities, each set in a geographic mold. The last 224 pages are an analysis of world commerce, the rise of trade centers, the evolution of trade routes, and of the more recent airways, With concluding observations on certain trends in human affairs. Adapted from the preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.