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Ancient society — Lewis Henry Morgan

Ancient society

Lewis Henry Morgan

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 736 pages

Ancient Society is an 1877 essay collection by Lewis Henry Morgan that traces human progress from savagery through barbarism to civilization. It explores kinship, social organization, and the development of government, family, and property. Listeners interested in early anthropology and the history of social theory will find its broad framework rewarding.

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Ancient Society

OR

RESEARCHES IN THE LINES OF HUMAN PROGRESS FROM

SAVAGERY, THROUGH BARBARISM TO CIVILIZATION

BY

LEWIS H. MORGAN, LL.D.

Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Author of “The League of the Iroquois,” “The American Beaver and his Works,” “Systems of

Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family,” Etc.

Nescit vox missa reverti.

Nescit vox missa reverti. HORACE.

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NEW YORK

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Contents

  1. Ancient Society
  2. PREFACE.
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. PART I. - GROWTH OF INTELLIGENCE THROUGH INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.
  5. PART II. - GROWTH OF THE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT.
  6. PART III. - GROWTH OF THE IDEA OF THE FAMILY.
  7. PART IV. - GROWTH OF THE IDEA OF PROPERTY.
  8. FOOTNOTES.
  9. INDEX.
  10. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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