Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship

By Thomas R. Trautmann

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803260067
• ISBN13: 9780803260061
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.8"