Geography II.

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CONTENTS
Introduction ! 3
The United States of America 7
Factors of economic development 7
Main features of the United States' economy 14
The stronghold of industry: The northern region 23
The southern region's lag decreases 34
The economy of the West is developing most quickly 38
Japan 43
European integration 53
General characterization 53
Industry in the countries of the European Community 59
Industrial regions of the EC 68
Agriculture of the EC 77
Unequal economic development within the EC 84
Germany 91
Northern Europe I 100
Northern Europe II 104
Our western neighbour: Austria 109
General characterization of the developing countries 116
India 121
China I
China II 140
Latin America I
Latin America II
The Arab countries I
The Arab countries II
391
Nigeria 173
The Commonwealth of Independent States 182
Rise and decay of the empire 182
Agriculture: From the tundra to the oases 193
The energy economy of the Soviet successor states 199
Industrial regions in the European part of the Commonwealth
of Independent States 206
Industry in the areas beyond the Urals 210
Countries in Eastern and Central Europe 217
Poland 223
The Czech and Slovak Republics 230
Romania 239
The successor states of Yugoslavia 248
Bulgaria and Albania 256
The economic geography of Hungary 261
Development and structure of our country's economy 261
Population and settlements of our country 266
Our transport and tourism 276
The natural basis of our agriculture 283
Our food economy 289
Our energy economy 295
Our metallurgy and mechanical engineering 306
Other branches of our industry 315
Our foreign trade 320
The economic regions of our country 326
The central industrial region 326
Northern Transdanubia 333
Southern Transdanubia 339
The northern industrial region 344
The Northern Plain 348
The Southern Plain 352
Glossary 359
Dictionary 367

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