Theory of Culture Change: The Methodology of Multilinear Evolution - Julian Haynes Steward - Google Books

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"In a collection of papers spanning some 20 years of work, Steward argues persuasively that cultural change consists of complex, continuing processes, rather than isolable acts or events of unitary character ('diffusion' versus 'independent invention')....…