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 in space, and how we make sense of others and ourselves in our localities, regions, and the world” (Fouberg, 8), is the subject of social geography. Social geography is most simply described as the study of people and their environment with a great emphasis on social factors. Within the textbook Human Geography: People, Places and Culture there is only one chapter that has to do with social geography, chapter five Identities: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality. Dowry death in India is a topic discussed in that chapter, which can be compared to a JSTOR article titled Dowry as Female Competition. There are many issues surrounding dowry and social geography, on many different scales. The bulk of social geography seems to be identity, which is “how we make sense of ourselves” (Fouberg, 146), an extremely complex topic and has many factors involved. Our identities are fluid, ever-evolving, constructed through experiences, emotions, connections, and rejections, defined by ourselves and others. A common feature in identity is identifying with other people, forming an identity around people who are believed to be enemies or different from other people. The most common idea these days that people can identify with is identifying with their personal state. Nationalism defines people but also allows other identities to exist at the same time, so one can be patriotic while also being a number of other things. People in general have different identities on different scales, so on a global national scale... the focus of the article... eography is probably the most complex because it deals with society and people which are always changing and developing. More simply it can be summarized as the way people identify themselves and others, and how that identity influences their lives and relationships. Social geography can explain things, such as why giftedness appears in some countries and not others, and it can be used to solve some problems, such as finding out why residential segregation has improved over the past decade and what we can do to make it even better more. .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 Female Competition.” American anthropologist. By Steven JC Gaulin. vol. 92. Np: American Anthropological Association, 1990. 994-1005. Press.