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... habitat , only when customs have become hard that we know where we stand , responding intuitively to custom , code , and law . From such a point of view it would not follow that this or any other society is characterized by universal ...
... habitat , only when customs have become hard that we know where we stand , responding intuitively to custom , code , and law . From such a point of view it would not follow that this or any other society is characterized by universal ...
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... habitat ( apparently about one American family in five moves from one city to another each year ) . An old New England town such as Newburyport , Mass . , the " Yankee City " of W. Lloyd Warner and his associates , shows a high degree ...
... habitat ( apparently about one American family in five moves from one city to another each year ) . An old New England town such as Newburyport , Mass . , the " Yankee City " of W. Lloyd Warner and his associates , shows a high degree ...
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... habitat may grope its way into many other habitats , as if exploring and experimenting , like the boll- weevil " looking for a home . " A few may survive in each of the new habitats , being especially well equipped to meet its demands ...
... habitat may grope its way into many other habitats , as if exploring and experimenting , like the boll- weevil " looking for a home . " A few may survive in each of the new habitats , being especially well equipped to meet its demands ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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