STUDIES IN ANCIENT HISTORY The Second Series Comprising an Inquiry into the Origin of Exogamy

M'LENNAN, John Ferguson 'edited by his widow and Arthur Platt'

Published by Macmillan, London, 1896

About this Item

xv+605, internally clean & tight but ex-public lib. with messy label removal mark on fr. pastedown, withdrawal stamp fr. free endpaper and another bottom t.p., sm.embossed stamp margin of last p. and early small sp.# label. on dark cloth covers. Despite title the 2nd and 3rd parts (from p.189) are really comparative ethnography/ anthropology covering Australia & Pacific and Africa respectively. A major text in the Victorian tradition of ethnographically-based theorising on the evolution of social institutions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: STUDIES IN ANCIENT HISTORY The Second Series Comprising an Inquiry into the Origin of Exogamy
• Publisher: Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 1896
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Prehistory to Roman. All subjects