GEOG 1280 Lecture 30: Lecture 30

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1280
• Professor: Bruce G.Erickson

Document Summary

Political geography studies the spatial expression of the organization and distribution of political phenomena. The political organization of space is as old as human history. Politcal organization of societies are as fundamental an expresion of culture and cultrual difference as are forms of economy or religious beliefs. Nationality is a basic element in cultural variation among people and political geography traditionally has been interested in country units or states. The dog barking at you from behind his master"s fence acts for the same motive indistinguishable from that of his master when the fence was built. Political organization of territory into states, provinces, etc. is the product of animal instinct. Wide range of scale from home to the world. Where is the boundary when the river changes position? (us mexico) 1848 treaty of guadalupe established the middle course of the rio grande as the international boundary over 1600km of boundary.