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LEADER: 02405cam 2200397I 4500
001 ocm00489615
003 OCoLC
005 20200323181623.0
008 721108s1959 nyuab b 001 0 eng d
040 $aWSU$beng$cWSU$dEZU$dOCL$dOCLCG$dUKMGB$dTNF$dOCLCQ$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dP4I$dOCLCQ$dTXI
016 7 $a001772693$2Uk
035 $a(OCoLC)489615
050 4 $aGF31$b.H818 1959
082 04 $a901.9
100 1 $aHuntington, Ellsworth,$d1876-1947,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMainsprings of civilization /$cEllsworth Huntington.
260 $aNew York :$bNew American Library,$c[1959]
300 $a669 pages :$billustrations, maps, diagrams ;$c20 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aA Mentor book ;$vMQ248
500 $aReprint of: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. hardcover edition.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 618-638).
505 0 $aThe supreme fact -- The background of civilization -- 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 -- 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 climate cycles -- Worldwide climatic cycles -- Geographical optima of civilization -- Ages of darkness and revival.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on.
650 0 $aHeredity, Human.
650 0 $aSocial evolution.
650 7 $aHeredity, Human.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00955419
650 7 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00962843
650 7 $aSocial evolution.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01122456
830 0 $aMentor book ;$vMQ248.
029 1 $aAU@$b000004441055
029 1 $aAU@$b000027509884
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 133 OTHER HOLDINGS