An introduction to the study of society : an outline of primary factors and fundamental institutions /

"This work is especially planned to give the student beginning his college work in sociology the broad background necessary for the advantageous pursuit of advanced courses. It is the author's hope that it may give to the base course in sociology somewhat the same unity and systematic surv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hankins, Frank Hamilton, 1877-1970
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, Macmillan Co., 1928.
Series:PsychBooks Collection
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and background
  • The origin and antiquity of man
  • The races of man
  • Outline of the factors in social life
  • The physiographic factors in social life
  • The biological factors in social life
  • The biological factors in social life
  • The psychological basis of social life
  • The cultural factor in social life
  • Society and its institutions
  • The evolution of material culture
  • Myth, magic, religion, and science
  • Marriage and the family
  • The evolution of social organization and integration.