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Title Irrigation civilizations : a comparative study : a symposium on method and result in cross-cultural regularities / Julian H. Steward ... [and others]
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1981]

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Description v, 78 pages ; 26 cm
Series Social Science monographs (Pan American Union. Social Science Section) ; 1
Contents Introduction / by Julian H. Steward -- Developmental stages in ancient Mesopotamia / by Robert M. Adams -- Development of civilization on the coast of Peru / by Donald Collier -- The agricultural bases of urban civilization in Mesoamerica / by Angel Palerm -- Developmental aspects of hydraulic societies / by Karl A. Wittfogel -- Discussion: symposium on irrigation civilizations / by Ralph L. Beals -- Some implications of the symposium / by Julian H. Steward
Notes Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Social Science Section, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Pan American Union, 1955. (Social science monographs ; 1)
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Subject Civilization -- History -- Congresses.
Civilization -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Irrigation -- History -- Congresses.
Technology and civilization -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972.
ISBN 0313230781 (lib. bdg.)