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Influences of Geographic Environment / On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography

Author: : Ellen Churchill Semple

Genre: Literature

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Chapter 1 The Operation Of Geographic Factors In History

Man a product of the earth's surface.

Stability of geographic factors in history.

Persistent effect of remoteness.

Effect of proximity.

Persistent effect of natural barriers.

Persistent effect of nature-made highways.

Regions of historical similarity.

Climatic influences.

The relation of geography to history.

Multiplicity of geographic factors.

Evolution of geographic relations.

Evolution of world relations.

Interplay of geographic factors.

Land and sea in co-operation.

Land and sea opposed.

Local and remote geographic factors.

Direct and indirect effects of environment.

Indirect mental effects.

Indirect effects in differentiation of colonial peoples.

Indirect effect through isolation.

General importance of indirect effects.

Indirect political and moral effects.

Time element.

Effect of a previous habitat.

Transplanted religions.

Partial response to environment

The case of Spain.

Sporadic response to a new environment.

The larger conception of the environment.

Unity of the earth.

Chapter 2 Classes Of Geographic Influences

Physical effects.

Variation and natural conditions.

Stature and environment

Physical effects of dominant activities.

Effects of climate.

Acclimatization

Pigmentation and climate.

Pigmentation and altitude

Difficulty of Generalization

Psychical effects.

Indirect effect upon language

The great man in history.

Economic and social effects.

Size of the social group.

Effect upon movements of peoples.

River routes.

Segregation and accessibility.

Change of habitat.

Retrogression in new habitat.

The Boers of South Africa

Chapter 3 Society And State In Relation To The Land

People and land.

Political geography and history.

Political versus social geography.

Land basis of society.

Morgan's Societas.

Land bond in hunter tribes.

Land bond in fisher tribes.

Land bond in pastoral societies.

Geographical mark of low-type societies.

Land and state.

Strength of the land bond in the state.

Weak land tenure of hunting and pastoral tribes.

Land and food supply.

Advance from natural to artificial basis of subsistence.

Land in relation to agriculture.

Migratory agriculture

Geographic checks to progress.

Native animal and plant life as factors.

Land per capita under various cultural and geographic conditions.

Density of population and government.

Territorial expansion of the state.

Checks to population.

Extra-territorial relations.

Geography in the philosophy of history.

Theory of progress from the standpoint of geography.

Man's increasing dependence upon nature.

Increase in kind and amount.

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