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Mainsprings of civilization

Title: Mainsprings of civilization / Ellsworth Huntington.
Author: Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947
Publication: New York : Wiley, [1945]

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Description

xii, 660 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.

Series Statement

World affairs: national and international viewpoints

Uniform Title

World affairs, national and international viewpoints.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-629) and index.

Contents

pt. 1. The background of civilization: The supreme fact -- The background of civilization -- pt. 2. Heredity: The problem of race -- The instability of races -- Migration and human quality -- The Puritans as a test case -- Character and inheritance -- The interplay of culture and heredity -- Evolution of divergent types -- The selective process in history -- Junkers and nazis -- pt. 3. Physical environment and human activity: The geographic pattern of civilization -- Health and national character -- Human activity and temperature -- Social conditions, religion, and climate -- The seasons -- Weather and storms -- Regions and seasons of mental activity -- Psychological reactions to weather -- The distribution of civilization -- Coldward and stormward -- Diet and national character -- Agriculture, disease, and diet -- Cycles, rhythms, and periodicities -- Two intriguing cycles -- Broader aspects of environmental cycles -- Historic phases of climatic cycles -- Worldwide climatic cycles -- Geographical optima of civilization -- Ages of darkness and revival.

ISBN

0405045727
9780405045721

LCCN

45005027
x280208722

OCLC

ocm14739814
14739814
SCSB-327014

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library