Irrigation civilizations
Subtitle: a comparative study : a symposium on method and result in cross-cultural regularities
By: [by] Julian H. Steward ... [et al.].
Contributors: Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972.
Series: Social science monographs (Pan American Union. Social Science Section) ;; 1.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Civilization -- History -- Congresses.; Civilization -- Philosophy -- Congresses.; Irrigation -- History -- Congresses.; Technology and civilization -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Reprint. Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Social Science Section, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Pan American Union, 1955. (Social science monographs ; 1)
Table of contents: value: Introduction / by Julian H. Steward; value: Developmental stages in ancient Mesopotamia / by Robert M. Adams; value: Development of civilization on the coast of Peru / by Donald Collier; value: The agricultural bases of urban civilization in Mesoamerica / by Angel Palerm; value: Developmental aspects of hydraulic societies / by Karl A. Wittfogel; value: Discussion: symposium on irrigation civilizations / by Ralph L. Beals; value: Some implications of the symposium / by Julian H. Steward.