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Leslie White

Born

in Salida, Colorado, The United States

January 19, 1900

Died

March 31, 1975

Genre

Science

Influences

Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Lewis Henry Morgan ...more

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Leslie Alvin White was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of theories of cultural evolution, sociocultural evolution, and especially neoevolutionism, and for his role in creating the department of anthropology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. He was president of the American Anthropological Association (1964).

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Average rating: 3.43 · 53 ratings · 6 reviews · 32 distinct works

	The Evolution of Culture 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Culture: A Study of Man and Civilization 2.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Concept of Cultural Systems: A Key to Understanding Tribes and Nations 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eclipse of the Heart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Self-Love Principles for Success: Learn How to Develop Self-Love, Self-Esteem, Confidence, and Acceptance to Achieve Success in Your Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Energy and the evolution of culture it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truest Heart really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modern Capitalist Culture by Leslie White, Robert Carniero (Foreword), Burton J. Brown (Foreword) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leslie A. White: Ethnological Essays 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leslie A. White: Ethnological Essays by Leslie White (Editor), Robert Carneiro (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The technology is the independent variable, the social system the dependent variable. Social, systems are therefore determined by systems of technology; as the latter change, so do the former.”
― Leslie White

tags: anthropology, science, social-system, technology, variable

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“I wanted more out of my time here on earth than to work, get cancer and die.”
― Leslie White, Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

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“Why does my sign have the same name as the mother of all ass kickers? Why couldn’t I be something cool, like Scorpio or Taurus?”
― Leslie White, Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

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