Man and culture / by Clark Wissler.

  • Clark Wissler
Date:
[1923]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Man and culture / by Clark Wissler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PART I THE MEANING OF CULTURE CHAPTER PAGE I. The Comparative Point of View. i Dominant Characteristics of our Culture. 5 Political Boundaries and Culture. 12 Language and Culture. 18 II. The Euro-American Type of Culture. 21 America’s Culture Position. 25 III. The Continuity of Culture. 34 Vitality of Culture. 41 PART II THE FORM AND CONTENT OF CULTURE IV. The Content of Culture. 47 The Culture Trait. 50 The Culture Complex. 51 The Culture Type. 52 The Culture Area. 55 The Culture Center. 61 The Adhesion of Trait-Complexes. 63 V. The Universal Pattern. 73 Culture Complexes. 79 Speech as a Culture Complex. 80 The Making of Tools. 89 The Family Complex. 91 Summary. 96 VI. How Traits of Culture are Acquired. 99 Independent Invention. 100 Diffusion. 102 Convergence. 105 VII. The Spread of Culture. no Horse Culture. ill The Maize Complex. 121
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