Evolution and ecology essays on social transformation - Steward, Julian Haynes 1902-1972.; Steward,Jane C.; Murphy, Robert F. (Urbana University of Illinois Press, 1977)
Preface / Jane C. Steward -- Introduction : the anthropological theories of Julian H. Steward / Robert F. Murphy -- The concept and method of cultural ecology -- Cultural evolution -- Evolutionary principles and social types -- Wittfogel's irrigation hypothesis -- The evolution of prefarming societies -- Cultural evolution in South America -- Tappers and trappers : parallel processes in acculturation -- Determinism in primitive society? -- Carrier acculturation : the direct historical approach -- The direct historical approach to archeology -- Function and configuration in archeology -- Concepts and methods of area research -- The people of Puerto Rico -- Modernization in traditional societies -- Limitations of applied anthropology : the case of the Indian new deal -- The ceremonial buffoon of the American Indian -- The foundations of basin-plateau Shoshonean society.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Steward, Julian Haynes -- 1902-1972.; Social evolution; Social change; Indians