Buckle, Henry Thomas

Buckle, Henry Thomas. History of Civilization in England. Volume II. D. 

Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-1862), Victorian historian of civilization. His reading of history rests on the view that the causes of social growth, and of divergent forms of social organization which characterize different historical cultures, are material (factors such as climate, food, soil, etc.) as opposed to racial. 

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