Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Thomas R. Trautmann, Thomas R Trautmann

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Lewis Henry Morgan of Rochester, New York, lawyer and pioneering anthropologist, was the leading American contributor of his generation to the social sciences. Among the classic works whose conjunction in the 1860s gave modern anthropology its shape, Morgan's massive and technical Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family was decisive. Thomas R. Trautmann offers a new interpretation of the genesis of "kinship" and of the role it played in late nineteenth-century intellectual history. This Bison Books edition features a new introduction and appendices by the author.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9780803260061

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IntroductionList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Kinship and Its Inventors2. Scale of Mind, Scale of History3. A Lawyer among the Iroquois4. Philology in Its Relations to Ethnology5. Generalizing Iroquois6. Nature and Art7. Conjectural History8. Kinship's Other Inventors9. Of Time and Ethnology10. Contributions to KnowledgeAppendix 1: The Revolution in Ethnological TimeAppendix 2: India and the Study of Kinship TerminologiesAppendix 3: The Whole History of Kinship Terminologies in Three Chapters: Before Morgan, Morgan, and After MorganBibliographyIndex

"Trautmann's study is an important contribution to understanding the inception of modern anthropology and, more generally, to understanding the development of contemporary conceptions of human history and culture."—Martin Ottenheimer, Choice "Morgan's methods and assumptions—especially his emphases on kin terms and on their genealogical referents—have informed all subsequent anthropology down to the present day. . . . [Trautmann] provides a fascinating insight into one of the founding texts on modern anthropology."—Anthony Good, Times Literary Supplement "Trautmann writes elegantly, persuasively, and often wittily, and his book makes fine reading."—C. J. Fuller, Man