Reviews : LYDE, LIONEL W. The Continent of Europe. Pp. xv, 446. Price, $2.00. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913
| Author | G.B. Roorbach |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621405300147 |
| Published date | 01 May 1914 |
| Date | 01 May 1914 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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The
author
has
gone
so
deeply
into
the
details
of
the
development,
that
the
book
would
be
more
properly
classified
under
the
heading
of
History
than
of
economics.
Such
a
maze
of
historical
facts
is
presented,
that
the
reader
has
difficulty
in
getting
the
economic
significance
of
those
facts,
and
the
author
himself
does
not
clearly
point
out
their
import.
For
a
reader
interested
in
the
struggles
of
early
trade
unions,
there
are
three
excellent
chapters
full
of
illustrative
material
taken
from
the
cutlery
group.
A
chapter
comparing
the
evolution
in
edge
tool
manufacture
with
that
in
cottons,
woolens,
linens,
ribbons,
hosiery,
and
leather
gives
weight
to
the
author’s
contention
that
the
making
of
knives,
saws,
and
scissors
is
not
alone
in
long
retaining
parts
of
the
domestic
system,
and
that
the
industrial
revolu-
tion
in
the
great
mass
of
industries
has
been
attained
very
slowly.
University
of
Pennsylvania.
R.
MALCOLM
KEIR.
LYDE,
LIONEL
W.
The
Continent
of
Europe.
Pp.
xv,
446.
Price,
$2.00.
New
York:
The
Macmillan
Company,
1913.
This,
the
first
volume
of
a
new
geographical
series
on
the
continents
of
the
world,
is
a
comprehensive
treatment
of
the
geography
of
Europe.
The
author’s
conception
of
geography
is
decidedly
one
showing
relationship
between
physical
features
and
man,
with
emphasis
on
man’s
response
to
his
environ-
ment.
Hence,
throughout
this
large
volume,
the
social,
political
and
eco-
nomic
adaptations
of
man
to
land
and
climate
are
treated
in
a
most
suggestive
manner.
The
book
may
be
divided
into
two
parts:
the
first
part,
comprising
about
80
pages,
treats
of
the
continent
of
Europe
as
a
whole-its
world
rela-
tions ;
its
relief
and
the
control
of
relief
on
land
communications
and
distri-
bution
of
population;
its
climate
and
climatic controls
of
life.
The
remainder,
and
much
the
larger
portion
of
the
book,
treats
of
the
various
political
divi-
sions
of
Europe.
Under
the
regional
treatment
of
various
countries
no
rigid
outline
is
fol-
lowed,
but
in
most
cases
a
chapter
discusses
such
topics
as
geographical
posi-
tion
and
its
significance;
physical
features
and
climate
with
their
economic
and
social
responses;
agriculture,
minerals,
water
power
and
industries
of
the
country
as
a
whole,
followed
by
an
account
of
the
geographic
factors
under-
lying
the
growth
and
development
of
the
most
important
political
divisions
and
cities.
It
naturally
follows
from
the
large
number
of
countries
and
topics
discussed
that
the
treatment
is
fragmentary
in
many
instances;
often
broad
generalizations
are
left
unsupported
by
facts
or
reasons.
Clearness
is
fre-
quently
sacrificed
to
the
brevity
demanded
by
the
great
amount
of
detail
the
text
contains.
Fuller
discussion
of
fewer
topics
would
have
added
greatly
to
the
value
of
the
book
for
most
readers.
On
the
whole,
however,
the
book
well
interprets
the
general
facts
of
Europe’s
commercial,
economic
and
politi-
cal
conditions
in
terms
of
geographic
environment.
The
book
contains
twelve
colored
maps
giving
physical
features
together
with
the
important
political
divisions.
Scattered
throughout
the
text
are
many
diagrams
and
maps
in
black
and
white.
A
complete
index
is
appended.
University
of
Pennsylvania.
G.
B.
ROORBACH.
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