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Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines

by Lewis Henry Morgan

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Author
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Robert Prince, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8112
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8112
Release Date
May 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
  3. 3.HOUSES AND HOUSE-LIFE OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES
  4. 4.PREFACE. — TABLE OF CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI.
  5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — HOUSES AND HOUSE-LIFE OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. — THE GENS. — THE PHRATRY. — THE TRIBE. — THE CONFEDERACY OF TRIBES
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. — THE LAW OF HOSPITALITY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THEIR COMMUNISM IN LIVING.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE OWNERSHIP OF LANDS IN COMMON.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — COMMUNAL HOUSES OF TRIBES IN SAVAGERY. — COMMUNAL HOUSES OF TRIBES IN LOWER STATUS OF BARBARISM.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE PROBABLE NUMBERS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI.
  17. 17.INDEX. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W.

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