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The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 1 of 2 / Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics — J. G. Wood

The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 1 of 2 / Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics

J. G. Wood

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1230 pages

A two-volume Victorian ethnographic survey by J. G. Wood, published in 1877. It offers a wide-ranging essayistic account of the manners, customs, and physical, social, and religious characteristics of peoples then called uncivilized. It is valuable as a historical document of nineteenth-century anthropology and travel writing.

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Contents

  1. THE UNCIVILIZED RACES OF MEN IN ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD;
  2. PREFACE.
  3. AMERICAN PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE.
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  6. CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
  7. CHAPTER I.
  8. CHAPTER II.
  9. CHAPTER III.
  10. CHAPTER IV.
  11. CHAPTER V.
  12. CHAPTER VI. FEMININE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS.
  13. CHAPTER VII. ARCHITECTURE.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. CATTLE KEEPING.
  15. CHAPTER IX. MARRIAGE.
  16. CHAPTER X. MARRIAGE—Concluded.
  17. CHAPTER XI. WAR—OFFENSIVE WEAPONS.
  18. CHAPTER XII. WAR—Concluded. DEFENSIVE WEAPONS, AND MODE OF FIGHTING.
  19. CHAPTER XIII. HUNTING.
  20. CHAPTER XIV. AGRICULTURE.
  21. CHAPTER XV. FOOD.
  22. CHAPTER XVI. SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
  23. CHAPTER XVII. RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION.
  24. CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION—Continued.
  25. CHAPTER XIX. SUPERSTITION—Concluded.
  26. CHAPTER XX. FUNERAL RITES.
  27. CHAPTER XXI. DOMESTIC LIFE.
  28. CHAPTER XXII. THE HOTTENTOT RACES.
  29. CHAPTER XXIII. WEAPONS.
  30. CHAPTER XXIV. THE BOSJESMAN OR BUSHMAN.

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