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The Science of Culture: A Study of
Man and Civilization

by Leslie A. White

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949

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PART I - SCIENCE AND SYMBOLS
I - Science is Sciencing
II - The Symbol: the Origin and Basis of Human Behavior
III - On the Use of Tools by Primates
IV - Mind is Minding
V - The Expansion of the Scope of Science
PART II - MAN AND CULTURE
VI - Culturological vs. Psychological Interpretations of Human Behavior
VII - Cultural Determinants of Mind
VIII - Genius: Its Causes and Incidence
IX - Ikhnaton: The Great Man vs. the Culture Process
X - The Locus of Mathematical Reality
XI - The Definition and Prohibition of Incest
XII - Man's Control over Civilization: An Anthropocentric Illusion
PART III - ENERGY AND CIVILIZATION
XIII - Energy and the Evolution of Culture
XIV - The Science of Culture
   
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