Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family - Softcover

Morgan, Lewis H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1646796187 ISBN 13: 9781646796182

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 1872

Synopsis

"Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity remains a towering monument... Morgan can never be ignored by the student of kinship."

-Robert Lowie, early 20th century American anthropologist

In Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (1871), Lewis Morgan described his fieldwork among Native American and the kinship systems of over 100 cultures that he studied. Its key findings are that kinship is an important factor in understanding cultures, and they can be studied through systematic, scientific means. By undertaking the first major study of the effects of kinship, Morgan pioneered in introducing a new field of research, and this book is considered a foundational text for the discipline of anthropology.

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About the Author

LEWIS H. MORGAN (1818-1881) was one of the greatest American anthropologists and social scientists of the nineteenth century. His research focused on the American Indian lifestyle, and he became an authority on the ethnography of the Iroquois as well as on kinship and social organization in general.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 1872
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646796187
• ISBN 13: 9781646796182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 634