Books by Leslie A White

This lost classic by famous anthropological theorist Leslie A. White, published now for the first time, represents twenty-five years of his scholarship on the anthropology of modern capitalism.

One of the major works of twentieth-century anthropological theory, this title allows the anthropologists access to Leslie White's crucial contribution to the theory of cultural evolution.

Drawing out the author's formulations of social organization, cultural evolution, and the relationship between technology, ecology, and culture, this theoretical work traces a vast expanse of history from the earliest forms of capitalism to the inner workings of contemporary democratic institutions.