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MANUAL
OF REFERENCES AND EXERCISES
IN ECONOMICS
FOR USE WITH
VOLUME II. MODERN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
BY
FRANK A. FETTER, PH.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1917
FOREWORD
This Manual follows the lines of the "Manual of References and
Exercises," published in the autumn of 1916, to accompany the volume on
Economic Principles.
The literature of the field treated in "Modern Economic Problems" is now
so vast that no more than a few of the titles could be included in the
following lists. The references given are usually the more recent of
those that would be helpful to students desiring to go more deeply into
the subjects.
The collection of questions and exercises is based upon the list
printed, first in 1904 and much enlarged in 1910, in the author's
"Principles of Economics." Much material has been added that had been
shaped and used in class work at Princeton University, and a few other
problems have been drawn from, or suggested by, other published lists.
The plan of indicating the original sources of a number of these
questions has been found to be too difficult to be completed for the
present edition. Indeed, it appears that numerous test problems have
become a common heritage for economic teachers, and one can hardly be
sure when one has traced the ideas to their original sources. Some of
them have appeared in somewhat differing forms in various lists for a
half century past.
Particular acknowledgment is made to my colleagues, Professors Adriance
and McCabe, who devised a number of the questions for class use; and to
Dr. Stanley E. Howard, who has given most valuable aid in the
preparation of this Manual in its present form.
F. A. F.
Princeton, N. J., February, 1917.
MANUAL
OF REFERENCES AND EXERCISES
IN ECONOMICS
MANUAL OF REFERENCES AND EXERCISES IN ECONOMICS
CHAPTER I
MATERIAL RESOURCES OF THE NATION
REFERENCES. (Those marked with an asterisk (*) are the shorter
assignments that are most applicable.)
_Adams, C. C._, Commercial geography. 1906.
_Marsh, G. P._, Man and nature: or physical geography as modified by
human action. 1864. (Later editions under the title, "The earth as
modified by human action.")
*_Materials_, 58-61 (Extract from _Mason, O. T._, Technogeography,
or the relation of the earth to the industries of mankind.
American Anthropologist, 7: 135-158. 1905); 61-66 (extract from
_Semple, E. C._, Influence of geographic environment. 1911.)
_Smith, J. R._, Industrial and commercial geography, 1913.
*_Source Book_, 292-302 (extract from); _Daniels, W. M._, Economic
causes as affecting the political history of the United States.
Accountants' Magazine, May, 1907.
_Teele, R. P._, Irrigation in the United States. 1915.
_Trotter, S._, The geography of commerce. 1903.
_United States Census_, 1910. Volume on wealth, debt, and taxation.
_Van Hise, C. R._, Conservation of natural resources. 1910.
QUESTIONS.
1. What relation can be observed between general industrial conditions
and the per capita wealth? Between the character of the people and the
per capita wealth? Can countries be grouped geographically according
to per capita wealth?
2. How does the United States compare with other countries with
respect to the estimated amounts and values of cereal products?
Textile fibres? Coal? Iron and copper ore? Present the results of your
study in tabular form.
3. From the reports of the Thirteenth Census prepare a statement in
tabular form showing the geographical distribution of our chief
domestic sources of supply of the leading cereals, of neat cattle, of
textile fibres, of coal, iron ore and copper ore, and of water power.
4. What physical conditions account for the greatness of ancient
Egypt, of Venice, of Holland, of England, of the United States?
5. Has the isothermal line any relation to the number of millionaires?