KnowraLeslie WhiteLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Leslie White, each with the reason it gives.All 5Related 3Compared with 2Cultural materialismRelated: White’s emphasis on technology and energy influenced Harris’s account of cultural change.Cultural ecologyCompared with: White’s broad evolutionary model contrasts with Steward’s attention to particular environments and histories.Julian StewardCompared with: White defended a more general evolutionary theory than Steward’s multilinear account.Marvin HarrisRelated: White’s materialist evolutionism helped shape the intellectual setting for Harris’s approach.Ecological anthropologyRelated: His energetic account helped frame early materialist explanations of cultural change.