1: Economic geography: meaning and approaches -- The filed of economic geography -- The economic geography of rubber: a commodity approach -- Guatemala: its economic geography from the regional approach -- Commercial corn-mixed farming: an activity approach -- The exploitation of minerals: a principles approach -- 2: The forest, fish, and animal industries -- Industries of the forest -- Distribution of domestic animals -- The fishing industry -- 3: The world's agriculture -- Farming in the tropical rainforest -- Tropical Savanna agriculture -- Farming in low- and middle-lattitude Steppe lands -- Desert farming -- Farming in Mediterranean climates -- Agriculture in humid subtropical climates -- Farming in west-coast marine climates -- The agriculture of humid continental lands -- Farming in the subarctic -- 4: Manufacturing and trade -- Manufacturing and its economic geography -- The geography of trade -- 5: Population -- World population distribution.