Neoevolutionism

<Tab/><Tab/> <Tab/><Tab/>The theory of Neoevolutionism states that how culture develops is by giving general principles of its evolutionary process. This theory of cultural evolution was originally demonstrated in the 19th century. In the 1940s through the 1960s, Neoevolutionists tried to confront the weaknesses of earlier evolutionary theories and explain cultural change. They attempted to not rank …

…Murdock reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/Murdock.html Biography - Leslie White http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_White The Collapse of Historical Particularism http://courses.smsu.edu/waw105f/NEOEVOLUTIONISM.htm Leslie White http://anthropology.uwaterloo.ca/courses/Anth352F02/White.htm Development http://members.shaw.ca/sfedorak1/development.htm Anthropological Theories http://www.members.tripod.com/nihlism/cahnd1.htm Notes on the development of cultural ecology http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/eco.htm