The character of races as influenced by physical environment, natural selection and historical development / by Ellsworth Huntington.

  • Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947.
Date:
1924
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    Shantung, character of people, 160, 163 famines in, 177; migrations from, 200 ff.; official greed in, 171; physique in, 185 Sheep herders, in U. S., 113 Shen, 180 Shensi, famines in, 176 ff.-, migrations from 149 Show, 180 Shyok River, 26 Siam, 15 Siberia, 66; changes of climate in, 56, 58; climate of, 55, 63; environment of, 217; hysteria in, 70 Sicily, 84, 216; character in, 218; environ ment of, 217; health and seasons, 23; head form of immigrants from, in U. S., 74; Normans in, 265 ff.; Norse in, 255 Sick Man of Europe, 145 Sissera, 130 Size of families, 357 Skin, of man vs. animals, 22 Skull, evolution of, 30, 74; measurements of, 81 Small-pox, in Iceland, 297 /. Smiles, Mr., 342 Smith, A. H., 190, 377 Snake and sun cults, 79 (map) Snorri, 292 Snow, E. C., 358, 377 Snow-fields, effect on winds, 48 Sociability, racial trait, 212 Social environment, and achievement, 352 ; and birth-rate, 354 ff. Socialism, racial effect of, 215 Soil, and Chinese floods, 173/. Solar activity, 47 Somme River, Norse at, 254 South Africa, races in, 85 /. South America, Caspian type in, 89; early migrants to, 21 South Carolina, eminent persons in, 315, 318; immigrants to, 305 South vs. North, in China, 158, 185/., 203 Spain, celibacy in, 344; literature in, 226; migrations in, 77; Norse in, 254; perse cutions in, 341 /. Sparta, helots in, 237; natural selection in, 244 ff.; population of, 246 Speaker-of-the-law, 289, 291 Specialization, and environment, 34 Species, origin of, 80 Spiker, Mr., 168, 199 Spitzbergen, 273 Squashes, 92 Squeeze, in China, 186 S'rutavarman, 16 Stature, 78 Stefansson, J., 377 Stefansson, V., 67, 279, 288, 377 Stoddard, T. L., 346, 377 Storey, J., 325 Storminess, 23 Storms, 47 Strandloopers, 85 f. Su, 180 Suburbs, leadership in, 348, 352 Suicide, in China, 187/., 190, 192; among Chukchees, 69; in Europe, 213 Sultans, capacity of, 145 Summer Palace, Pekin, 151 /. Summer rain, value of, 108 Sun cult, 79 (map) Sunspots, 47 Sun Yat Sen, 167 Swan maiden tales, 79 (map) Swatow, 199; Hakkas in, 167; vehicles in, 164 Sweden, political leaders in, 227 Swedes, character of, 198 Swimming, in Iceland, 289 Swinton, General, 331 Swiss, character of, 220 /.; cleanliness among, 289 Switzerland, achievements of, 231; celi bacy in, 344 ; death-rate in, 287 ; political leaders in, 227 ; scientists from, in U. S., 312 Syphilis, in Iceland, 281 /. Syria, civilization in, 59 Syrian Desert, 114 ff.; deportations to, 139 Szechuan, 177, 203 T Taft, W. H., 324 Taimir Peninsula, glaciation of, 55 Taiping rebellion, 167 /. Taishan, 164 Talifer, 265 Tartars, 183, 227; invasions of China, 148, 202; leadership among, 153; racial feeling of, 3 /. Tattooing, 79 (map) Taxation, in Norway, 258 ff. See Revenue Taylow, Griffith, 75/., 77/., 79, 81, 88, 206, 231, 377 Teachers, eminent children of, 342; and marriage, 344 Temperature, in Iceland, 91 ; and natural