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200 12$aA geographical introduction to history /$fLucien Febvre ; translated by E.G. Mountford & J.H. Paxton
205 $a1st ed.
210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1924.
215 $a1 online resource (651 p.)
225 1 $aThe history of civilization
300 $aFirst published in 1924 by Routledge, Trench, Trubner.
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320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; The Effect of Environment on Man and Man's Exploitation of the Earth; Table of Contents; Maps; Introductory: The Problem of Geographical Influences; (1) History and Traditional Position of the Problem; (2) Human Geography and its Critics; (3) The Plan and Objects of the Book: The Geographical Spirit; Part I: How the Problem should be Stated; Chapter I. Social Morphology or Human Geography; (1) The Objections of Social Morphology: Human Groups without Geographical Roots; (2) The Objections of Social Morphology: the Ambition of Geography
327 $a(3) Ratzel's Mistake: Why he does not cover the whole of Human Geography(4) Human Geography the Heir of History; (5) Survivals of the Past: Old Problems and Old Prejudices; (6) A Modest Human Geography; Chapter II. The Questions of Principle and the Method of Research. Human Evolution, Historic Evolution; (1) The Objection of Principle: Is there a Science of Geography?; (2) Geography makes no claim to be a Science of Necessities; (3) The Question of Regional Monographs; (4) The Complete Solidarity of Political and Human Geography
327 $a(5) The Legitimate Object of Research: The relation of environment to society in its historic evolutionPart II: Natural Limits and Human Society; Chapter I. The Problem of Boundaries, Climate, and Life; (1) The Traditional Idea of Climate. The Pioneers; (2) Climate and the Human Physical Organism; (3) Climate, Human Character, and Actions; (4) Climatic Action takes place through the Medium of the Vegetable Kingdom; Chapter II. The Determination of Natural Areas and their Boundaries; (1) Complexity of the Idea of Climate; (2) The great Climatico-Botanical Areas in regard to Humanity
327 $a(3) The Symmetry of the Terrestrial Organism and the Distribution of Human SocietiesChapter III. Natural Man an Individual or a Member of Society?; (1) The Old Conception: From the Human Pair to the Nation; (2) The Antiquity of National Groups; (3) Large Homogeneous Human Groups of Ancient Times corresponded with Homogeneous Geographical Areas; (4) The Savage and the Barbarian in their Natural State: Their Wants and Customs; Part III: Possibilities and Different Ways of Life; Chapter I. Its Bases: Mountains, Plains, and Plateaux; (1) The Vicissitudes of Possibility: Recurring Rhythms
327 $a(2) The Definition of Possibility(3) The Supporting Bases of Mankind-Plains, Plateaux, Mountains; Chapter II. The Minor Natural Regions and their Bounds: Insular Units; (1) Insularity from the Biological Point of View; (2) Island Coasts: The Idea of Littoralism; (3) The Productive Coast; (4) Island Navigation and Island Isolation; (5) The Islands of the Desert: The Oases; (6) The Idea of Isolation and its Geographical Value; Chapter III. Typical Ways of Living: Hunting and Fishing; (1) A Geography of the Needs or of the Manner of Life?
327 $a(2) The Classifications of the Economists: The Hypothesis of the Three States
330 $aOriginally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:
* Prehistory and Historical Ethnography
Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00
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