Commercial Geography

A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges

Jacques W. Redway

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501038226
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Where the world's goods come from and how they move: wheat, cotton, coal, iron, rubber and the railways, canals and ports that carry them, taught as a subject in its own right. Redway wrote it for American high schools in 1903, when commercial geography was a new discipline. It is a snapshot of the world economy on the eve of the century that rearranged it. Its 93 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Preface
• Colored Maps
• Chapter I. General Principles
• Chapter II. How Commerce Civilized Mankind
• Chapter III. Topographic Control of Commerce
• Chapter IV. Climatic Control of Commerce
• Chapter V. Transportation—Ocean and Inland Navigation
• Chapter VI. Transportation—Railways and Railway Organization; Public Highways
• Chapter VII. Factors in the Location of Cities and Towns
• Chapter VIII. The Cereals and Grasses
• Chapter IX. Textile Fibres
• Chapter X. Plant Products of Economic Use—Beverages and Medicinal Substances
• Chapter XI. Gums and Resins Used in the Arts
• Chapter XII. Coal and Petroleum
• Chapter XIII. Metals of the Arts and Sciences
• Chapter XIV. Sugar and Its Commerce
• Chapter XV. Forests and Forest Products
• Chapter XVI. Sea Products and Furs
• Chapter XVII. The United States—The Seaports and the Atlantic Coast-Plain
• Chapter XVIII. The United States—The New England Plateau and the Appalachian Region
• Chapter XIX. The United States—The Basin of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley
• Chapter XX. The United States—The Western Highlands and Territorial Possessions
• Chapter XXI. Canada and Newfoundland
• Chapter XXII. Mexico—Central America—West Indies
• Chapter XXIII. South America—The Andean States
• Chapter XXIV. South America—The Lowland States
• Chapter XXV. Europe—Great Britain and Germany
• Chapter XXVI. Europe—The Baltic and North Sea States
• Chapter XXVII. Europe—The Mediterranean States and Switzerland
• Chapter XXVIII. Europe—The Danube and Balkan States
• Chapter XXIX. Europe-Asia—The Russian Empire
• Chapter XXX. The Iran Plateau and Arabia
• Chapter XXXI. British India and the East Indies
• Chapter XXXII. China and Japan
• Chapter XXXIII. Africa
• Chapter XXXIV. Oceania
• Trade of the Principal Countries of the World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
• About the Author