Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
by Lewis Henry Morgan
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About this eBook
- 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.Untitled
- 2.CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
- 3.HOUSES AND HOUSE-LIFE OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES
- 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.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — HOUSES AND HOUSE-LIFE OF THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — THE GENS. — THE PHRATRY. — THE TRIBE. — THE CONFEDERACY OF TRIBES
- 7.CHAPTER II. — THE LAW OF HOSPITALITY.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — THEIR COMMUNISM IN LIVING.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE OWNERSHIP OF LANDS IN COMMON.
- 10.CHAPTER V. — COMMUNAL HOUSES OF TRIBES IN SAVAGERY. — COMMUNAL HOUSES OF TRIBES IN LOWER STATUS OF BARBARISM.
- 11.CHAPTER VI.
- 12.CHAPTER VII.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII.
- 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE PROBABLE NUMBERS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS.
- 15.CHAPTER X.
- 16.CHAPTER XI.
- 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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