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THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE

A Study of Man and Civilization

LESLIE A. WHITE

With a New Prologue by
ROBERT L. CARNEIRO
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York

Praise from readers . . .

“Republishing these pioneer articles now makes White’s fundamental exposition easily available to a new generation of social scientists.”
Richard N. Adams, University of Texas, Austin

“One of the best works ever produced by an anthropologist. White was a remarkable thinker and his writings were filled with ‘intellectual content’.”
Lewis R. Binford, Southern Methodist University

“The enduring foundation of a science of culture is made supremely accessible thanks to the lucidity of White’s writing.”
Robert Bates Graber, Truman State University,

“Written with a straightforward crispness. A welcome treat in an age when obscurity is often confused with profundity.”
David Kaplan, Brandeis University

A volume in the series Foundations of Anthropology

ISBN 978-0-9752738-2-1/paperback/502 pp./illus./May 2005/$47.50