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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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

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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