Mainsprings of civilization /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
J. Wiley and sons, inc.,
[1945]
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Table of 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.