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Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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The exhibitions of heroism and fortitude by the red man under the sufferings of martyrdom, almost surpass belief . . ." -Lewis Henry Morgan, League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee or Iroquois League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee or Iroquois (1851) was the first of several important books Lewis Morgan wrote on kinship and social structure, theories of social evolution, and the ethnography of the Iroquois. Morgan is regarded as a pioneer in the field of ant...

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Men make 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.'" -Lewis Henry Morgan, Ancient Society Ancient Society (1877) by Lewis Morgan is a sequel to the author's previous book Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (also available from Cosimo Classics), which presented data about k...

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Studied as one system, springing from a common experience, and similar wants, and under institutions of the same general character, [forms of aboriginal architecture] are seen to indicate a plan of life at once novel, original, and distinctive." -Lewis H. Morgan, Houses and House-life of the American Aborigines (1881) Houses and House-life of the American Aborigines (1881) by Lewis Morgan is the fourth volume in a nine-part series entitled C...

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Reading this book takes you into deep considerations of who you are.Lewis Henry Morgan dives into the development of society in prehistoric times. His controversial proposition is that the earliest human domestic institution was the matrilineal clan, not the patriarchal family.In his book, Morgan rejects the Ages of Stone, Bronze, and Iron, as being insufficient characterizations of progress and for overlapping, and instead suggested that a so...

Renowned anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan examines the origins and history of humanity, sharing abundant insights on the conditions of primitive society.Of particular interest to Morgan is the gradual process by which humans organized into civil societies. Examining a range of contrasting civilizations, from the Mayans to the Iroquois to the Romans, the author attempts to arrive at commonalities in how these peoples went from a primitive and bar...

Renowned anthropologist Lewis H. Morgan examines the origins and history of humanity, sharing abundant insights on the conditions of primitive society.Of particular interest to Morgan is the gradual process by which humans organized into civil societies. Examining a range of contrasting civilizations, from the Mayans to the Iroquois to the Romans, the author attempts to arrive at commonalities in how these peoples went from a primitive and bar...

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