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
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Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Social Science Section, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Pan American Union, 1955. (Social science monographs ; 1)