Chapter X: Accommodation

I. Introduction
1. Adaptation and Accommodation 663
2. Classification of the Materials 666

II. Materials

A. Forms of Accommodation
1. Acclimatization. _Daniel G. Brinton_ 671
2. Slavery Defined. _H. J. Nieboer_ 674
3. Excerpts from the Journal of a West India Slave Owner.
_Matthew G. Lewis_ 677
4. The Origin of Caste in India. _John C. Nesfield_ 681
5. Caste and the Sentiments of Caste Reflected in Popular Speech.
_Herbert Risley_ 684

B. Subordination and Superordination
1. The Psychology of Subordination and Superordination.
_Hugo Münsterberg_ 688
2. Social Attitudes in Subordination: Memories of an Old Servant.
_An Old Servant_ 692
3. The Reciprocal Character of Subordination and Superordination.
_Georg Simmel_ 695
4. Three Types of Subordination and Superordination.
_Georg Simmel_ 697

C. Conflict and Accommodation
1. War and Peace as Types of Conflict and Accommodation.
_Georg Simmel_ 703
2. Compromise and Accommodation. _Georg Simmel_ 706

D. Competition, Status, and Social Solidarity
1. Personal Competition, Social Selection, and Status.
_Charles H. Cooley_ 708
2. Personal Competition and the Evolution of Individual Types.
_Robert E. Park_ 712
3. Division of Labor and Social Solidarity. _Émile Durkheim_ 714

III. Investigations and Problems
1. Forms of Accommodation 718
2. Subordination and Superordination 721
3. Accommodation Groups 721
4. Social Organization 723

_Selected Bibliography_ 725
_Topics for Written Themes_ 732
_Questions for Discussion_ 732