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Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state  Cover Image Book Book

Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state

Farb, Peter. (Author).

Summary: Examines and describes the various customs of North American Indian tribes to explain the evolution of man as a social being - his relationships with his family and kin groups, his religious and his political institutions. Includes Eskimos, Sub-arctic Indians, Plains Indians, Aztec Indians, and Pueblo Indians.

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  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: [1st ed.].
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 1968.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Second ed. published in 1978 under title: Man's rise to civilization.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-320).
Formatted Contents Note: Foreword / Elman R. Service -- The Evolution of complexity : A Laboratory for modern man -- The First Americans -- How cultures change -- Differences and simularities in the cultures of mankind -- Man as a social animal -- The Band : Great Basin Shoshone : Cultural Improverishment -- Of Apes and men -- The Irreducible minimum of human socity -- Incest -- The Most leisured people -- Cooperation -- Ajusting to a White world.
Subject: Indians of North America
United States Indians History
United States Indians Social conditions
United States Ethnic relations
United States History
United States Civilization

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 77 .F37 1968 021829 Stacks Reshelving -
Lummi Library INDIAN #140 275390 Deloria Collection Reshelving -
Lummi Library PNW E 77 .F36 1968 284427 PNW Reshelving -

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