The Spatial Order An Introduction to Modern Geography Richard L. Morrill University of Washington Jacqueline M. Dormitzer Maps and Diagrams by Helen Sherman Duxbury Press North Scituate, Massachusetts‘The Spatial Order: Au Tutroduction to Modern Geography was edited and prepared for composi- tion by Beverly Harrison Miller. Interior design was provided by Oliver Kline and Duxbury Press. The cover was designed by Joseph Landy. Duxbury Press A Division of Wadsworth, Inc. © 1979 by Wadsworth, Inc,, Belmont, California 94002, All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Duxbury Press, a division of Wadsworth, Inc,, Belment, California. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Morrill, Richard L. ‘The spatial order, Includes bibliographies and index. - 1. Geography—Text-books—a9is. 1. Dormitzer, Jacqueline M., 1939- _jint author. Hl Title, GI8Me7 91076-32061 ISBN 0-87872-180-0 Printed in the United States of America 123456789 — 83 82 81 80 79