SOCIAL ADAPTATION 
A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 
DOCTRINE OF ADAPTATION AS A THEORY 
OF SOCIAL PROGRESS 
BY 
LUCIUS MOODY BRISTOL, Pu.D. 
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY IN 
WEST VIRGINLA 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 MILFORD 
Oxrorp UNIVERSITY PREss 
1930 
