Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State
Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.1610
Description
Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State. This is a comprehensive book about North American Indians.
It attempts to illustrates an important use of cultural evolutionary theory. It holds that the modern evolutionary theory lies in the concept of adaptation: every society has a culture that adapts, more and less successfully, to an environment. Some of the Indian societies reached a dead end of adaptation, while others continued adapting in ways that made for ( or allowed) the rise of greater complexity. This book illustrates the uses of the theory.
It is divided into three sections: Part 1: The Evolution of Complexity, Part 2: The Long Migration, Part 3: Societies under Stress.
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