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xii, 660 pages : illustrations |
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pt. 1. Background of civilization: Supreme fact -- Background of civilization -- pt. 2. Heredity: Problem of race -- Instability of races -- Migration and human quality -- Puritans as a test case -- Character and inheritance -- Interplay of culture and heredity -- Evolution of divergent types -- Selective process in history -- Junkers and nazis -- pt. 3. Physical environment and human activity: Geographic pattern of civilization -- Health and national character -- Human activity and temperature -- Social conditions, religion, and climate -- Seasons -- Weather and storms -- Regions and seasons of mental activity -- Psychological reactions to weather -- 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. |
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CIVILIZACION. |
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on. |
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Heredity.
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Heredity. |
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Evolution.
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Evolution. |
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