Patterns of Diversity and Unity
Chapters 5, 6, and 7 are concerned with cultural differences and with the spatial cultural mosaic that those differences create. The topics of interest are the principal expressions of unity and diversity among and between different social groups. We ask: In what pronounced ways are populations different? How, if at all, are those elements of distinctiveness interrelated and part of the composite cultures of recognizably different social groups? What notable world and regional spatial patterns of cultural differentiation can we recognize? How do cultural traits and composites change over time and through contact with other differently constituted groups? And, finally, in what ways and to what extent are cultural contrasts evident in the landscapes built or modified by different social groups?
Chapter 5 Language and Religion: Mosaics of Culture
Chapter 6 Ethnic Geography: Threads of Diversity
Chapter 7 Folk and Popular Culture: Diversity and Uniformity
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