ised ▁as ▁an ▁explanation ▁for ▁cultural ▁convergence . ▁ ▁This ▁ge ography ▁studies ▁the ▁ge ography ▁of ▁culture ▁ ▁The ories ▁of ▁cultural ▁h eg em ony ▁or ▁cultural ▁assim ilation ▁via ▁cultural ▁imperial ism ▁ ▁Cultural ▁are al ▁different iation , ▁as ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁differences ▁in ▁way ▁of ▁life ▁en comp ass ing ▁ideas , ▁att itudes , ▁languages , ▁practices , ▁institutions ▁and ▁structures ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁whole ▁range ▁of ▁cultural ▁practices ▁in ▁ge ographical ▁areas . ▁ ▁Study ▁of ▁cultural ▁land sc apes ▁and ▁cultural ▁e col ogy . ▁ ▁Other ▁topics ▁include ▁sense ▁of ▁place , ▁colonial ism , ▁post - colon ial ism , ▁international ism , ▁imm igration , ▁em igration ▁and ▁ec ot our ism . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁first ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁different ▁nations ▁and ▁cult ures ▁on ▁Earth ▁can ▁be ▁dated ▁back ▁to ▁ancient ▁ge ograph ers ▁such ▁as ▁P to le my ▁or ▁Stra bo , ▁cultural ▁ge ography ▁as ▁academic ▁study ▁first ly ▁emer ged ▁as ▁an ▁alternative ▁to ▁the ▁environmental ▁determin ist ▁theories ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁Tw enti eth ▁century , ▁which ▁had ▁believed ▁that ▁people ▁and ▁soci eties ▁are ▁controlled ▁by ▁the ▁environment ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁develop . ▁R ather ▁than ▁studying ▁pre - det erm ined ▁regions ▁based ▁upon ▁environmental ▁class ifications , ▁cultural ▁ge ography ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁cultural ▁land sc apes . ▁This ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Carl ▁O . ▁S auer ▁( called ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁cultural ▁ge ography ), ▁at ▁the