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Atwood, Wallace Walter
Born: 1872 AD
Died: 1949 AD, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Geographer, Geologist
Died: 1949 AD, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Geographer, Geologist
1872 - Wallace Walter Atwood was born.
- Wallace Walter Atwood main contribution was his idea of Global Species Consolidation.
- He theorized that men follow a set path in their evolution.
- The first stage is Dispersion, which represents migration from a point of origin.
- The second stage is Differentiation, which is an adaptation to the physical environment and also the creation of a new culture and language.
- The third stage is Contact, in which different cultures come into contact for the first time and interact. Warfare and trade change the face of many cultures by forcing them into another language or set of customs.
- The last stage is Consolidation, which means wide scale political and economic interaction between cultures.
1949 - Wallace Walter Atwood died.
- Wallace Walter Atwood main contribution was his idea of Global Species Consolidation.
- He theorized that men follow a set path in their evolution.
- The first stage is Dispersion, which represents migration from a point of origin.
- The second stage is Differentiation, which is an adaptation to the physical environment and also the creation of a new culture and language.
- The third stage is Contact, in which different cultures come into contact for the first time and interact. Warfare and trade change the face of many cultures by forcing them into another language or set of customs.
- The last stage is Consolidation, which means wide scale political and economic interaction between cultures.
1949 - Wallace Walter Atwood died.
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The physiographic provinces of North America, by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 1964) |
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A Key to the exercises, tests, and map studies in Atwood and Thomas's "The Earth and its people, higher book" (Atwood geography series) by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Teachers' book: A manual and key for Atwood and Thomas's "Nations beyond the seas" and accompanying Workbook, revised edition (Atwood geography series) by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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Crater Lake and Yosemite through the ages by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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The United States of America: A study in economic geogeraphy by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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The protection of nature in the Americas, (Instituto panamericano de geografia e historia ... Publicacion num. 50) by Wallace Walter Atwood (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008) |
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