Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:24:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: s_sanderson <SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu>
Subject: Sociobiology and the European traansition to capitalism
To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
My answer to Blaut's question is no.  Anyone who has read my article on
why northwest Europe and Japan were the first regions of the world to make a
transition to modern capitalism knows I don't mention genetics.  The factors I
mention have to do with size, climate, geography, political organization, and
population growth.  Genetics is nevr mentioned.  When I say that Europeans had
distinctive qualities that pushed them ahead, I mean qualities relating to the
physical and social environment.

Steve Sanderson