Ancient Society
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Author
Contributions
- Robin Fox (Introduction) - Contributor
Publication
2000-09-25 - Transaction Publishers
Language
English
Word Count
140,000 words, Guess
Page Count
560 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8055991M
- ISBN-139780765806918
- ISBN-100765806916
- OCLC Control Number44516641
- OCLC Control Numberancientsociety0000morg_r4d0
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number00055983
- Goodreads2370994
- LibraryThing1141199
Classifications
- LCCGN478.M67 2000
Description
"Ancient Society defines three major stages in the cultural and social evolution of mankind. Morgan describes how savages, advancing by definite steps, attained the higher condition of barbarism. He then explores how barbarians, by similar progressive advancement, finally attained civilization. Finally he discusses why other tribes and nations have been left behind in the race of progress. Inventions and discoveries show the similarity of human wants at the same stages of advancement, thus demonstrating the psychic unity of mankind. The idea of property - now an obsession in civilized society - underwent a similar process of growth and development, as did the principles of government. By the "comparative method" of using existing and historical societies as examples of previous stages, the history of human progress could be reconstructed. These parallel lines along the pathways of human progress form the principal subjects of discussion in Ancient Society."--BOOK JACKET.
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