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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 It is valuable as a historical document of nineteenth-century anthropology and travel writing.

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Transcriber’s Notes

This is Volume I of II of this work, containing

(after the front matter) pages 11-768, chapters ILXXV, and illustration numbers 1-211; Volume II contains (after the front matter) page numbers

769-1481, chapters LXXVI-CLXX, and illustration

numbers 212-443. For ease of reference, the Table

of Contents, List of Illustrations and Index have

been included in both volumes. Hyperlinks have

only been provided for links internal to this

volume.

More information on the transcription and the

changes made may be found in the Transcriber’s

Notes at the end of this text.

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Frontispiece

(See page ii.)

THE

UNCIVILIZED

RACES OF MEN

IN

ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD;

BEING

A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,

AND OF THEIR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, MENTAL, MORAL AND

RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS.

BY

Rŧ΄. J. G. WOOD, M.A., F.L.S.

AUTHOR OF “ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS,” “ANECDOTES OF ANIMAL LIFE,”

“HOMES

WITHOUT HANDS,” “BIBLE ANIMALS,” “COMMON OBJECTS OF THE COUNTRY AND SEASHORE,”

ETC.

WITH NEW DESIGNS

BY ANGAS, DANBY, WOLF, ZWECKER, Eǵŕ., Eǵŕ.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

HARTFORD:

THE J. B. BURR PUBLISHING CO.

1877.

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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.

and 54 more chapters

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