Description |
1 online resource (x, 332 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Preface: Huckleberry Finn's Dilemma; Introduction; Part I: Civilization Observed; Chapter One: A New World; Chapter Two: Warrior; Chapter Three: Scholar; Part II: Civilization Explained; Chapter Four: Respectable Family Man; Chapter Five: Scholarly Adventures; Chapter Six: ANCIENT SOCIETY and Modern Times; Part III Civilization in Question; Chapter Seven: After the Victorian Age; Conclusion: Age of Aquarius; Age of Apocalypse; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
Summary |
"A detailed presentation of Lewis Henry Morgan's life from his early work with the Iroquois to his defense of American capitalism to his strange posthumous career among international leftists up to Morgan's influence among today's environmentalists, anarchists, feminists, and other social visionaries"--Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-312) and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881.
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Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 -- Influence
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Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 |
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Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography
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Social evolution.
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Cultural Evolution
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Anthropologists
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Social evolution
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2009001016 |
ISBN |
9780826266606 |
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0826266606 |
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