Title: The Boundaries of civilizations in space and time /
Authors: Melko, Matthew.; Scott, Leighton R.,
Date: 1987
Publisher: University Press of America,
Physical description: xvii, 429 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: C
Contents: I. The Boundaries Symposia -- A. The civilizational problem -- B. Historical maps of the Old World ecumene -- -- II. The classification of civilizations -- A. General classifications -- B. Civilizations of the New World -- C. Civilization in Africa -- D. Orient and Occident -- -- III. The origins of civilizations -- A. Old and new theories of origins -- B. The economic basis for civilization -- C. The difference between primitive cultures and civilizations -- -- IV. The terminations of civilizations -- A. Views on termination -- B. Terminations revisited -- C. World civilization? -- -- V. The boundaries of civilizations in space and epistemology
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civilization--Philosophy; Comparative civilization.