J. W. Burrow

Evolution and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An investigation of the reasons why Victorian pioneers of social science were habitually approaching the study of other societies with largely positivistic and evolutionary methodologies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780521096003
• ISBN-10: 0521096006
• Artikelnr.: 26960795

Inhaltsangabe

Prefaces
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. A knowledge of human nature
3. The reasoned history of man
4. The laws of nature and the diversity of mankind
5. Sir Henry Maine
6. Herbert Spencer
7. Tylor and the Growth of Anthropology
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.