The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan

The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan
Author: Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1994
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780871698469

Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) was America's leading ethnologist in his day, & his scholarship played a role of exceptional importance during the critical period of the 1860s-1880s when anthropology was beginning to crystalize as a specialized field of research. Contents of this vol.: Lewis Henry Morgan & His Library; Morgan's Life & Works; The Library & Its Contents; Analysis of the Collection; Explanation of the Inventory, Catalogue, & Register; Bibliography of Morgan's Publications; The Inventory; The Catalogue; & Register of the Morgan Papers. Illus.