Lewis Henry Morgan studied the American Indian way of life and collected an enormous amount
of factual material on the history of primitive-communal society. All the conclusions he draws are based on these facts; where he lacks them, he reasons ...
Charles Darwin's On the Origins of Species had two principal goals: to show that species
had not been separately created and to show that natural selection had been the main force behind their proliferation and descent from common ancestors. In ...
Blends insights from several disciplines to offer a general theory of social evolution.Does history have
a direction? Are there principles that unify our experience and show connections among diverse places, times, and cultures? Seeking to answer these questions, Deep History ...
Based on a comparative study of the theories of such sociologists as Ward, Sumner, Keller,
Giddings, Ross, Small and Cooley, this is a systematic and rigorous analysis of the main features of earlier sociological theory in the USA. The author ...
This new edition of a widely adopted primary and supplementary text explores human adaptations to
environments over time. It is biologically and culturally sophisticated, drawing on an impressive array of archaeological and paleontological research. Campbell proceeds from earlier, simpler biomes ...
Human Work represents the first ground breaking analysis on the equal importance of work in
the lives of men and women. Noted feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman maintains the notion that it was sexuo-economic oppression of women and not women's biology ...
The study of fossilised remains of herbivorous animals, particularly those rare findings with well-preserved gastrointestinal
tracts filled with plant remains, is crucial to our understanding of the environment in which they lived. Summarizing 30 years of research, Ukraintseva presents evidence ...
Through the study of civil society, the evolution of social relations, and the breakdown of
social order, Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution. Drawing on anthropology, political science, and evolutionary theory, it offers a ...