housing, reforestation, TVA, atomic research, and so on. Having been led to this point by our study of economic institutions, how- ever, we shall pursue the matter no further here but turn instead to the next logical phase of our analysis of human society -- the nature of political institutions.
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A fundamental treatise beyond the capacity of the ordinary student but well worth the effort of those who can master it because of its intelligently empirical character.
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Publication Information: Book Title: Human Society. Contributors: Kingsley Davis - author. Publisher: Macmillan. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1949. Page Number: 476.
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