Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Influences of Geographic Environment: On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Antropo-Geography
Geographical location The importance of geographical location - Content of the term location - Intercontinental location - Natural versus vicinal location - Naturally defined location - Vicinal location Vicinal groups of, similar or diverse race and culture Thalassic vicinal location - Complementary locations - Con tinuous and scattered location - Central versus peripheral location - Mutual relations between center and periphery - Inland and coastward expansion - Reaction between center and periphery - Periphery in colonization - Dominant historical side - Change of historical front - Contrasted historical sides - One-sided historical location - Scattered location - Due to adverse geographic conditions - Island way stations on maritime routes - Scattered location of primitive peoples - Ethnic islands of expansion and decline - Discontinuous distribution - Contrasted location - Geo graphical polarity - Geographical marks of growth and de cline - Interpretation of scattered and marginal location Contrast between ethnic islands of growth and decline.
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