The origin of civilisation and the primitive condition of man : mental and social condition of savages /

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Author / Creator:	Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
Edition:	4th ed. / with numerous additions.
Imprint:	London : Longmans, Green, 1882 (Spottiswoode and Co.)
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 548, 24 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Subject:	Civilization -- History. Primitive societies. Ethnology. Ethnology Civilization -- history Ethnology. Civilization. Primitive societies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13479233

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Notes:	General lists of works: p. [1]-24. Advertising: p. [ii], 1st count. Publisher's advertising: 24 p., 3rd count. Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the present volume, which is founded on a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1868, I propose more particularly to describe the social and mental condition of savages, their art, their systems of marriage and of relationship, their religions, language, moral character, and laws. Subsequently I shall hope to publish those portions of my lectures which have reference to their houses, dress, boats, arms, implements, &c. From the very nature of the subjects dealt with in the present volume, I shall have to record many actions and ideas very abhorrent to us; so many, in fact, that if I pass them without comment or condemnation, it is because I am reluctant to fatigue the reader by a wearisome iteration of disapproval. In the chapters on Marriage and Religion more especially, though I have endeavoured to avoid everything that was needlessly offensive, still it was impossible not to mention some facts which are very repugnant to our feelings. Yet were I to express my sentiments in some cases, silence in others might be held to imply indifference, if not approval"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).

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