Chapter V: 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--Continuous 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--Geographical polarity--Geographical marks of growth and decline--Interpretation of scattered and marginal location--Contrast between ethnic islands of growth and decline.