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In this paper, 3 countries in Southeast Asia (Laos, Myanmar and Thailand) are described from the perspective of cultural geography. The role of Buddhism and ethnicity are evaluated in relation to these countries and the value of a cultural geography is discussed as a tool for enabling an understanding of cultural differences and the relevance of geography to culture.

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This paper discusses the cultural geographical history within the state of Maryland. It considers pre-colonial times, colonization, the pre and post Civil War period, early twentieth century and lastly provides an overview of the current demographic makeup of the state here in 2009. It looks at how geography and the Chesapeake Bay positively effected the culture and economic prosperity of the state.

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Abstract This paper shall discuss the cultural geographic history of the state of Maryland. The paper looks at the population densities and demographics beginning in the Native American pre-colonial period all the way through the present. The Cultural Geography of Maryland The state of Maryland officially became a British colony on June 20, 1632. Ever since, the human population has grown in this Mid-Atlantic state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, today there are close to 5.7 million citizens located within the geographic boundaries of Maryland. The great

Tags:maryland, culture, geography

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This paper selects two musical styles and explores their cultural geography, while considering the extent to which they demonstrate diffusion, place creation/environment and resistance/expression. The styles discussed are American Rhythm-Blues of the 1950s (i.e. McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters" and Chester Burnett "The Wolf") and British Rocking-Blues of the 1960/70s (i.e. Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones). The geography of music is a fairly new phase of geography and music study, it has only been fully developed in the last 30 to 40 years. Much study has been done into cultural geography's effect of global music and this paper concentrates on American music, which relies heavily on place creation, diffusion, environment and expression to create memorable music that remains viable and fresh for decades.

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"Developed from jazz, blues, and countless other forces, the first rock and roll songs are attributed to bands like Bill Haley and the Comets and Elvis Presley. Historian Barlow continues, "Hence, blues diffusion can be traced to African-American rhythm and blues, soul, and even rap musical styles. Moreover, they can be traced to the flowering of rock and roll, and then rock music, among white youth" (Barlow 61). As rock and roll music grew in popularity, it was simply natural that different cultures would develop their own forms of the music, and this is true with rock, which led to offshoots around the world, including British rockin' blues by bands such as Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. Rock too is a form of social protest, and so, it defines a time and a place in culture and society, just as the blues defined an earlier era, and then helped create other defining musical styles."

Tags:folk, music, memphis, Harlem

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In this article, the writer presents a discussion on the nature of the biker lifestyle and motorcycle clubs. The writer discusses that the cultural geography of American bikers in general demonstrates that assault, terrorism, narcotics trade, racketeering and murder are all problematically common aspects of the experience. The writer concludes that though the involvement on a broad and visible level of motorcycle clubs in violence and the drug trade has stimulated a responsive attack by law enforcement, there is still a clear pattern of growth and impetuousness that suggests many of the negative elements which singularly characterize biker culture remain intact and dangerously relevant.

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"A brief reflection on the history of motorcycle clubs helps us to understand this mixed image, as there is some truth to the understanding of the original American biker as a romantic freedom-seeker with ties to counter-cultural iconography like the cowboy. This would be because many of the original participants in fraternal biker associations and organizations would be military personnel returning from the European theatres of World War II, where the cycle would be an increasingly common commodity for both the
Allied and Axis countries. Many of those returning from the war would experience difficulty in readjusting to civilian life, with the common Post Traumatic Stress Disorder manifesting in such forms as high rates of unemployment, a greater vulnerability to chemical dependencies, afflictions relating both to physical and psychological wounds absorbed during wartime and an overall sense of distance and detachment from the experience of mainstream society. Thus, there was a proclivity in many toward a sense of outlaw behavior already bred by the lawless experiences of the war."

Tags:Hells, Angels, image, outlaw, gang

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Japan is an island-chain nation located in Eastern Asia, between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The climate is varied from tropical in the south to cool temperate in the north and resembles that of Eastern North America. This paper discusses the physical and cultural geography of this nation through four of the nine regions (or districts) that Japan is divided into: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. The paper also discusses the supply and demand factors (such as major attractions, transportation, infrastructure), and other attributes to the tourism world (issues and impacts, such as natural disasters).

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"These attractions are obviously not targeted to mass tourist activity. I would call them a combination of nature-based tourism, alternative and special interest tourism attractions, except for the Winter Olympics of course. The Olympics definitely had a positive impact on the region's market share - providing special interest activities to a mass of tourists will increase profit and open up new possibilities for the deferred demand without negatively impacting the region's character in the long run."

Tags:tokyo, climate, volcanoes

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This paper discusses the two major waves of economic geography, that is the epistemological wave and the hermeneutic of cultural wave. It also discusses incorporating artisanal production in theory forming in geography and why this is so important to research in geography.

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"Artisanal Production and Geography The relationship between art and science has always been a contentious one. In many causes art and artisanal production have been ignored by disciplines wishing to be more scientific. This situation is discussed by Trevor J. Barnes in Retheorizing Economic Geography. Barnes argues that there have been two major waves of economic geography. These are the epistemological and the hermeneutic or cultural wave. The epistemological wave was characterized by a strong reliance on science (Barnes 546). For this reason the social, cultural and artistic were usually not dealt with in economic geography during the first wave."

Tags:artisanal, production, geography

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The paper begins by briefly detailing the major geographic regions of Canada and then moves onward to discuss how the rugged topography and geographic features of Eastern Canada cut off maritime settlers from the rest of Canada and made them more likely to share cultural and social characteristics with Northeastern Americans than with their brethren in other parts of the Dominion. Finally, the paper looks at how different resource endowments in different parts of Canada -the great agricultural potential of Southern Ontario, for instance, versus the absence of such in the Maritimes (along with the absence of the same flat, accessible terrain) - have been held out by some scholars as the reasons for why some areas of the Dominion flourished economically while others did not. In the end, the paper concludes that whatever thesis or theory one supports, no one can deny that geography is a good starting-point for understanding Canadian regionalism.

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"The following paper will look at how understanding Canada's physical geography is key to understanding Canadian regionalism. The paper begins by briefly detailing the major geographic regions of Canada and then moves onward to discuss how the rugged topography and geographic features of Eastern Canada cut off maritime settlers from the rest of Canada and made them more likely to share cultural and social characteristics with Northeastern Americans than with their brethren in other parts of the Dominion. Finally, the paper looks at how different resource endowments in different parts of Canada -the great agricultural potential of Southern..."

Tags:geography, canada, regionalism

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This paper discusses the geography of the Sudan. it expands on its politics, history, culture and economy. It also expands on the crisis currently taking place in Darfur as a result of the civil war. The author researches the country's system of government.

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"Sudan is the largest country in Africa and stretches from Egypt in the north to Uganda in the south. It shares borders with nine other countries; Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda ,Zaire the Central African Republic and Chad Sudan gained its independence from British and Egyptian rule in January. It underwent several changes of government before the present system was adopted ..."

Tags:Sudan, geography review, Durfur, genocide

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In this article, the writer deals with the issues of European environmental issues and regulations. The writer discusses urbanization in Europe and Latin America, and the cultural diversity of Southeast Asia.

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"... rising awareness of environmental issues following a series of ecological disasters brought about the rise of Green parties in Europe which often achieved parliamentary majorities thus leading the way for the stringent environmental standards that have been imposed on industry from one end of the European Union to another. Since the Industrial Revolution started in Europe before ..."

Tags:southeast Asia, Europe, cultural diversity, urbanization, global warming

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Geography, as a science, has two main branches--physical geography and human geography. This paper examines how, while physical geography deals with all aspects related to the environment, human geography handles much more sensitive issues, such as how the human being, as an individual and in a group, blends into the environment he lives in and how certain processes develop within such a group. It also looks at how more specifically, human geography is concerned with such aspects as political, economical, social or demographic geography, anything related to human activity and evolvement in a geographic context.

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"In terms of social geography as part of human geography, perhaps no other book exemplifies the traditional human relations and traditions still existing in Gabon, part of Western Africa, nowadays. If we consider Africa and Gabon, as an integrant part of the African continent, we may point out towards three separate historical periods that determine local cultural geography. These are pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial .
One of the characteristics of African culture, including Gabonese traditions, is the fact that while historically and temporarily, the countries of Africa belong to the 21st century, in many cases, the tribal traditions have persisted in many regions and these clearly belong to pre-colonial times."

Tags:demographics, africa, culture, human