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Ancient Society (Classics of Anthropology)

By Lewis Henry Morgan

Book information

Year
1985
ISBN
0816509247, 9780816509249
LCC
GN478 .M67 1985
Open Library ID
OL3020962M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27338578 bytes)
Pages
560\593
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Lewis Henry Morgan studied the American Indian way of life and collected an enormous amount of factual material on the history of primitive-communal society. All the conclusions he draws are based on these facts; where he lacks them, he reasons back on the basis of the data available to him. He determined the periodization of primitive society by linking each of the periods with the development of production techniques. The “great sequence of inventions and discoveries;” and the history of institutions, with each of its three branches — family, property and government — constitute the progress made by human society from its earliest stages to the beginning of civilization. Mankind gained this progress through 'the gradual evolution of their mental and moral powers through experience, and of their protracted struggle with opposing obstacles while winning their way to civilization.'

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