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Primitive societies

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  • [Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].
  • The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea / by Bronislaw Malinowski ; complete in one volume ; with a preface by Havelock Ellis.
  • The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea / by Bronislaw Malinowski ; complete in one volume ; with a preface by Havelock Ellis.
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  • view The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.
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    The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.

    Westermarck, Edward, 1862-1939 | Date: 1906-1908
  • view L'Aryen et l'anthroposociologie : étude critique / par Émile Houzé.
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    L'Aryen et l'anthroposociologie : étude critique / par Émile Houzé.

    Houzé, Emile, 1848-1921 | Date: 1906
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    The primitive mind and modern civilization / by Charles Roberts Aldrich.

    Aldrich, Charles Roberts. | Date: 1931
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    Primitive tuberculosis / by S. Lyle Cummins.

    Cummins, S. Lyle (Stevenson Lyle), 1873-1949. | Date: 1939
  • view Man in the making : an introduction to anthropology / by R.R. Marett.
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    Man in the making : an introduction to anthropology / by R.R. Marett.

    Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph), 1866-1943 | Date: 1927
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