Eastern EuropeThis study shows the developing geography of the area between 1815 and 1914, the effect of political pressure on that geography, and also the transformation wrought by transport upon patterns of settlement on the region. |
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... limited . Czechoslovakia and Hungary are both landlocked states and the six other countries accumulate a modest coastline of some 1350 kilometres , smoothing out the irregularities that abound along the coast of Yugoslavia . Yugoslavia ...
... limited . Czechoslovakia and Hungary are both landlocked states and the six other countries accumulate a modest coastline of some 1350 kilometres , smoothing out the irregularities that abound along the coast of Yugoslavia . Yugoslavia ...
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... limited compared with Western Europe ( though with sharp variations regionally and nationally ) buses and lorries are evident everywhere . Virtually the entire national road system in each country is now surfaced , after a decade of ...
... limited compared with Western Europe ( though with sharp variations regionally and nationally ) buses and lorries are evident everywhere . Virtually the entire national road system in each country is now surfaced , after a decade of ...
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... limited the growth of traffic to bulky commodities ( oil , cereals , ores and building materials ) travelling relatively short distances to landlocked parts of Eastern Europe . Further north , the Elbe might be regarded as the Danube's ...
... limited the growth of traffic to bulky commodities ( oil , cereals , ores and building materials ) travelling relatively short distances to landlocked parts of Eastern Europe . Further north , the Elbe might be regarded as the Danube's ...
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Resources for Industrial Development | 12 |
Industrial Development Before 1945 | 41 |
Transport and Power | 62 |
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