All creatures presumably have some kind of awareness of their surroundings, and there is abundant evidence that some kind of mental imagery is a normal activity of the brain in at least the higher animals. How this takes place is still a mystery. This imagery ranges from purely pictorial recall such as a remembered face to artificial con-structs such as might occur in a fanciful dream. An indis…
This fifth edition, like its predecessors, is designed to cover the main elements of geography, physical and cultural, in a form suitable foe beginning courses in college geography. In the selection of materials, geography’s contribution to a liberal education is kept in the foreground.