World-Power and Evolution


Read by Leon Harvey

Every important aspect of human knowledge must be considered in its relation to both space and time. In "Civilization and Climate" the problem of the effect of physical environment upon human progress was discussed in its relation to space. It was shown that the distribution of civilization upon the earth's surface is closely in harmony with the distribution of climatic energy, which appears to be the most important factor in physical environment. In the present volume the same problem is considered in its relation to time. Beginning with the present day we find that from year to year business activities vary in extraordinary harmony with health. Further study shows that variations in health from year to year depend upon the weather far more than upon any other single factor. - Summary by Ellsworth Huntington (7 hr 35 min)

Chapters

Preface 5:05 Read by Leon Harvey
I. The Chart of Evolution 20:44 Read by Leon Harvey
II. Health and Business 30:31 Read by Leon Harvey
III. Business Cycles in Foreign Countries 14:57 Read by Leon Harvey
IV. How Health does its Work 13:30 Read by Leon Harvey
V. Climate and Health 28:27 Read by Leon Harvey
VI. The Importance of Variability 31:35 Read by Leon Harvey
VII. The Voyage of Evolution 35:59 Read by Leon Harvey
VIII. The Environment of Mental Evolution 45:52 Read by Leon Harvey
IX. The Origin of New Types among Animals 31:17 Read by Leon Harvey
X. The Origin of New Types among Men 44:41 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The Example of Rome 41:44 Read by Leon Harvey
XII. The Problem of Turkey 37:30 Read by Leon Harvey
XIII. Germany and Her Neighbors 31:36 Read by Leon Harvey
Appendix 42:28 Read by Leon Harvey