Source Book of Social Origins: Ethnological Materials, Psychological Standpoint, Classified and Annotated Bibliographies for the Interpretation of Savage Society

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Introductory:

PART I: THE RELATION OF SOCIETY TO GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Technogeography, or the Relation of the Earth to the Industries of Man – O.T. Mason.

Situation and Number of the Human Race – F. Ratzel

The Operation of Geographic Factors in History – Ellen C. Semple

[Influence of a Desert Environment.] – W.J. McGee

[Social Life in an Arctic Environment.] – William J. Sumner

Agriculture and Cattle Breeding – F. Ratzel

On the Origin of Agriculture – H. Ling Roth

The Economic Life of Primitive People – Karl Bόcher

Comment on Part I

Bibliography

PART II: MENTAL LIFE AND EDUCATION

The Mind of Primitive Man – Franz Boas

[The Mind of the Savage] – W.I. Thomas

Interpretation of Savage Mind – John Dewey

Primitive Man — Emotional – Herbert Spencer

Primitive Man — Intellectual – Herbert Spencer

[Education of the Australian Boy through Initiation Ceremonies] – A.W. Howitt ; Spencer and Gillin

[Effects of Australian Education as Shown in Food Regulation] – A.W. Howitt

Australian Messengers and Message Stick – A.W. Howitt

The Relation of the Medicine Man to the Professional Occupations – W.I. Thomas

The Growth of Indian Mythologies – Franz Boaz

Comment on Part II

Bibliography

PART III: INVENTION AND TECHNOLOGY

Tools and Mechanical Devices – O.T. Mason

Primitive Warfare – A. Lane-Fox  Pitt-Rivers

On the Origin of the Plough and the Wheel-Carriage – E.B. Tylor

Early Modes of Navigation – A. Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers

Invention and Discovery – F. Ratzel

Comment on Part III

Bibliography

PART IV: SEX AND MARRIAGE

The Origin and Antiquity of Human Marriage – Edward Westermarck

Australian Marriage – Spencer and Gillen

Polyandry among the Todas – W.H.R. Rivers

Marriage by Purchase and Liberty of Choice – Edward Westermarck

Monogamy – Herbert Spencer

[Sexual Antagonism and Taboo.] – Ernest Crawley

Comment on Part IV

Bibliography

PART V: ART, ORNAMENT AND DECORATION

[Point of View for Study of Primitive Art] – A.C. Haddon

Clothing and Ornament – F. Ratzel

Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art – W.H. Holmes

The Dance – Ernst Grosse

Primitive Drama and Pantomime – R. Wallaschek

[Relation of Art to the Control of Life ] – Yrjφ Hirn

Comment on Part V

Bibliography

PART VI : MAGIC, RELIGION, MYTH

Sympathetic Magic – J.G. Frazer

Australian Medicine Men and Magic – A.W. Howitt

The Algonkin Manitou – William Jones

Animism – E.B. Tylor

[The "Ghost-Theory" of the Origin of Religion.] – Herbert Spencer

Comment on Part VI

Bibliography

PART VII: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, MORALS, THE STATE

The State — F. Ratzel

Australian Tribal Government – A.W. Howitt

The Authority of Old Men in Australia – Spencer and Gillen

[Tribal Secret Societies.] – Hutton Webster

The Iroquois Confederacy – L.H. Morgan

Wyandot Government – J.W. Powell

Hospitality of the American Indians – L.H. Morgan

Comment on Part VII

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