Transcriber’s Note: The original publicationhas been replicated faithfully except as listed here.
The Modern World Series
1. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN GERMANY. By W. Harbutt Dawson.
2. MODERN RUSSIA. By Gregor Alexinsky.
3. JAVA, SUMATRA, AND THE OTHER ISLANDS OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. By A. Cabaton.
4. THE ARGENTINE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Albert B. Martinez and Maurice Lewandowski.
5. THE JAPANESE EMPIRE AND ITS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. By Joseph D’Autremer.
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Author’s Note xiii
Author’s Preface to the Third Edition xv
Preface to the First Edition xxv
Introduction xli
General Plan and Method of this Book 55
The Argentine Nationality 59
I. The Geography of the Argentine 71
Climate—Soil—Geographical situation of theArgentine; its boundaries, its area.
Climate of various districts. The prevailing winds. Nature of thesoil; its fertility; adaptation to the culture of cerealsand the raising of live-stock—Transformation of virgin intofertile land—The Pampa—The cultivable area—Conditionsfavourable to production—The plague of locusts.
Rivers—Their exceptionally favourable influence—Thehydrographic system—Network of navigable river-ways:the Rio de la Plata, the Rio Parana—Conditions ofnavigability—Canals.
Ports—List of the principal ports, with a summary oftheir trade—Buenos Ayres: description of the port, itsarea, its capacity, tonnage; its docks—The Central ProduceMarket—Importance of Buenos Ayres in comparison with thegreat ports of the world—The port of La Plata—The portof Rosario; increase of its traffic; construction of thenew harbour conceded to a French company—Bahia Blanca; itsdevelopment—The decentralisation of traffic.
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