Civilization and ClimateYale University Press, 1915 - 333 páginas |
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Página 2 - prolonged study of past and present climatic variations suggests that the location of some of the most stimulating conditions varies from century to century, and that when the great countries of antiquity rose to eminence they enjoyed a climatic stimulus comparable with that existing today where the leading nations now dwell. In other words, wherever civilization has risen to a high level, the
Página 43 - The last of the ways in which weakness of will is evident in tropical countries is the relation of the sexes. Its importance can scarcely be overestimated. It leads to the ruin of thousands of northerners, even though they do not yield to drink,
Página 119 - Provided it does not impose an undue strain on the heart or arteries, anything that stimulates the circulation appears to be helpful. Changes of temperature are a powerful agent to this end. Witness the effect of a bath, either cold or very hot.
Página 294 - The climate of many countries seems to be one of the great reasons why idleness, dishonesty, immorality, stupidity, and weakness of will prevail. If we
Página 43 - The drunkenness of the tropical white man arises in part from the constant heat which makes people want something to drink at all times, partly from the monotony of life, and still more from the absence of the social restraints which exercise so powerful an inhibitory influence at home. Back of all these things, however, among both the white men and
Página 25 - elements in causing that country to be conspicuously well governed and law-abiding, and the descendants of other colonists, both British and French, vie with them in this matter. In the Bahamas the descendants of the same type of people show today a larger proportion of poor whites than can probably be found in any other Anglo-Saxon community. Although no figures are available, my own
Página 7 - abundant supply of pure water is one of the primary conditions of health. Good water will not make people healthy, nor will a favorable climate cause a stupid and degenerate race to rise to a high level. Nevertheless, if the water is bad, people cannot retain their health and strength, and similarly when the climate becomes unfit, no race can apparently retain its energy and progressiveness.
Página 4 - the relationship between historic events and climatic vicissitudes is even greater than has been supposed. Many of the great nations of antiquity appear to have risen or fallen in harmony with favorable or unfavorable conditions of climate.
Página 206 - special prominence in creditable lines of effort, making them the subjects of extensive interest, inquiry or discussion in this country,
Página 35 - Here, as in other cases, the general tendency seems to be to revert to the original condition as soon as immediate contact with the white man is removed.