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geographic determinism

[jee-uh-graf-ik di-tur-muh-niz-uhm]

noun

  1. Sociology, Geography.,  a variant of geographical determinism.



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A second reason that some academics dislike my books is that they equate geography with what is called "geographic determinism."

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Instead, they misread my work or because they haven't actually read "Guns, Germs and Steel," these critics think that mentioning geography means geographic determinism.

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But mention of these environmental differences invites among historians the label “geographic determinism,” which raises hackles.

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In his university classes, Rakove said, Dr. Degler sometimes showed students his collection of soil from different parts of the region to demonstrate the concept of geographic determinism.

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"That's Washington," sighed a frustrated, nonnative participant, resigned to cruel geographic determinism like Jack Nicholson at the end of Chinatown.

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