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Atlas de l'Europe de l'Ouest

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Published in 1961 by the Société européenne d'études et d'informations, Jean Dollfus’s Atlas de l'Europe de l'Ouest surveyed fifteen countries west of the Iron Curtain. A review by P. F., dated 9 August 1961, described its combination of color maps and selected photographs covering physical, economic, demographic, and human geography. The reviewer particularly valued its thematic treatment of energy, textiles, metallurgy, machinery, chemicals, agricultural holdings, mechanization, and land use.

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1961
Atlas de l'Europe de l'Ouest

Atlas de l'Europe de l'Ouest

1961 · FR

Reviews & Reception

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This review presents Jean Dollfus’s newly published Atlas of Western Europe. Combining color maps with selected photographs, the volume documents the physical, economic, demographic, and human geography of fifteen countries west of the Iron Curtain. Its principal contribution lies in thematic maps of energy resources, major industries, agricultural holdings, mechanization, and land use, offering substantial evidence on postwar Western Europe’s regional and economic structures.Expand ↓

This review presents Jean Dollfus’s newly published Atlas of Western Europe. Combining color maps with selected photographs, the volume documents the physical, economic, demographic, and human geography of fifteen countries west of the Iron Curtain. Its principal contribution lies in thematic maps of energy resources, major industries, agricultural holdings, mechanization, and land use, offering substantial evidence on postwar Western Europe’s regional and economic structures.

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