Economic geography of the world (a popular outline) /
[by] K. Spidchenko.
- Moscow : Progress Publishers, [1972]
- 188 pages : map (on lining paper) ; 21 cm.
Translation of Ėkonomicheskai︠a︡ geografii︠a︡ stran mira. Translated from the Russian by David Fidlon. This book delves into socialist countries including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Europe, Asia, and the republic of Cuba and capitalist countries including the United States of America, western European countries, Japan, the Commonwealth of Australia, and the republic of South Africa and Israel. It also looks into developing countries in Latin America, southeast and south Asia, west Asia and North Africa, and Central and South Africa.
The world today -- Continents and oceans --States of the world : population and the economy .
"In this book intended for the general reader, Soviet economist and geographer K.I. Spidchenko, candidate of geographic sciences, surveys the principal economic and geographic features of the modern world. The first of the book's two parts analyses the most important social, economic, and political problems concerning all nations in one way or another. The second part [talks] briefly on individual countries and the specific way in which they are tackling urgent internal and international issues. The purpose of this book is to give the reader a better idea of the vital world problems." -- dust jacket.