As part of the study of human geography, which is defined as the study of "how people create places, how we organize space and society , how we interact with each other in places and across space, and how we make sense of others and ourselves in our localities, our regions and in the world” (Fouberg, 8), is the subject of social geography. Social geography is most simply described as the study of people and their environments with an emphasis on social factors. In the Human Geography textbook People, Place, and Culture, there is only one chapter devoted to social geography, chapter five on identity: race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Dowry death in India is a topic discussed in this chapter, which can be compared to a JSTOR article titled Dowry as Women's Competition. Many questions concern dowry and social geography, at many different scales. Much of social geography seems to be identity, that is, "how we make sense of ourselves" (Fouberg, 146), an extremely complex subject and many factors are involved. Our identities are fluid, constantly evolving, constructed through experiences, emotions, connections and rejections, defined by ourselves and others. A commonality in identity is identification with others, forming an identity around people seen as enemies or different from others. The most common idea in this era that people identify with is identification with their own personal state. Nationalism defines people but it also allows other identities to exist at the same time, so one can be patriotic while also being several other things. People in general have different identities at different scales as well as nationally and globally... middle of paper ... geography is probably the most complex because it has to do with society and people which are always changing and developing. Most simply, it can be boiled down to how people identify themselves and each other, and how that identity influences lives and relationships. Social geography can explain things, like why dowries appear in some countries and not others, and can be used to solve problems, like finding out why residential segregation has improved over the past decade and what what we can do to improve it further. .BibliographyFouberg, Erin Hogan., Alexander B. Murphy and Blij Harm Jan De. Human geography: people, places and culture. 10th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012. Print.Boster, James S. “Dowry as Women’s Competition.” American anthropologist. By Steven JC Gaulin. Flight. 92. Np: American Anthropological Association, 1990. 994-1005. Print.