SOCIAL ADAPTATION 



A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 



DOCTRINE OF ADAPTATION AS A THEORY 



OF SOCIAL PROGRESS 



BY 



LUCIUS MOODY BRISTOL, Ph.D. 



ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Or SOCIOLOGY IN 

 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 



WITH A PREFACE BY 



THOMAS NIXON CARVER 



AWARDED THE DAVID A. WELLS PRIZE FOR 

 THE YEAR 1914-15, AND PUBLISHED FROM 

 THE INCOME OF THE DAVID A. WELLS FUND 



CAMBRIDGE 

 HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 



LONDON: HUMPHREY MLLFORD 



Oxford University Press 



1921 



