The tropical world: its social and economic conditions and its future status / (Record no. 5464)
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| fixed length control field | 01980cam a2200253u 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 830721s1961 enk 000 0 eng |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | CarP |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | G515 |
| Item number | .G63 1961 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 910.913 |
| Item number | GOU |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gourou, Pierre, |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The tropical world: its social and economic conditions and its future status / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Longmans, Green & Co |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1958 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 159 p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This book is a translation of Professor Gourou's 'Les pays tropkaux: principes d'une geographie<br/>humaine et economique' which was first published in 1947. <br/><br/>Issues examined includes: tropical diseases and soils which bring out very clearly that these, and not the direct action of climate and vegetation on man, are the fundamental natural factors which hinder tropical development; the nature and consequences of shifting cultivation (the characteristic and by no means foolish agriculture of the Tropics); the problems of tropical stock-rearing, food supply and industry; tropical Asia and analyses the reasons for the very high densities of population which, in spite of the physical difficulties of the Tropics, are to be found in this highly civilised region. The author stresses the almost ideal nature of wet rice cultivation as a means of overcoming the snags inherent in tropical soils. There are then two final chapters, one on tropical problems due to European intervention.<br/>The consequences, direct and indirect, of this agriculture are then noted, including the problems posed by population growth, the difficulties of stock-raising and of food supplies, and the need for agricultural improvement. According to the author education and hygiene, are more important than methods or processes.<br/> |
| 590 ## - Local Notes: Cataloguer & Date | |
| Local note | lje 11/05/17 |
| 591 ## - Local Note: Item Class (Ref/Loans/Arch): Loans | |
| Local Note: Item Class | Loans. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economic conditions |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social conditions |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Tropics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Monograph & others |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (Call No. /Shelf Ref) | |
| Call No. /Shelf Ref | 910.913 GOU |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Bill Date | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | CBN HQ Library | CBN HQ Library | General Stacks | 11/05/2017 | 910.913 GOU | 31008100031703 | 11/05/2017 | c.1 | 11/05/2017 | Monograph & others |