MAINSPRINGE OF CIVILIZATION

by Dr. Ellworth Huntington ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 28, 1945

For serious students of history of culture, for scientists --for anthropologists and enthonolgists -- this is a controversial study of civilization as the unfinished product of evolutionary forces, awayed by biological inheritance, physical environment, cultural endowment. Dr. Huntington traces the continuity of this evolutionary process, he supports his basic theory of ""kiths as opposed to ""races"", groups of people whose characteristics depend on heredity and culture; and he analyzes physical environment and psychological reactions -- the ""cycle"" theory, with its close association with atmospheric difference.

Pub Date: May 28, 1945

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1945

Categories: NONFICTION