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  • The origin and development of the moral ideas / by Edward Westermarck.

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

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

    • Aldrich, Charles Roberts.
    Date
    1931
    • Books
  • Primitive tuberculosis / by S. Lyle Cummins.

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

    • Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph), 1866-1943.
    Date
    1927
    • Books
    • Online
  • [Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].

    Date
    date of publication not identified
    • Ephemera
    • Online
  • Crime and custom in savage society / by Bronislaw Malinowski.

    • Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
    Date
    1926
    • Books
  • Woman's share in primitive culture / by Otis Tufton Mason.

    • Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908.
    Date
    1895
    • Books
  • Sex and temperament in three primitive societies / by Margaret Mead.

    • Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
    Date
    1935
    • Books
  • The origin of the distinction of ranks; or, an inquiry into the circumstances which give rise to influence and authority in the different members of society. By John Millar, Esq. Professor Of Law In The University Of Glasgow.

    • Millar, John, 1735-1801.
    Date
    MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
    • Books
    • Online
  • The mothers : a study of the origins of sentiments and institutions / by Robert Briffault.

    • Briffault, Robert, 1876-1948.
    Date
    1927
    • Books
  • After the ice : a global human history, 20,000-5000 BC / Steven Mithen.

    • Mithen, Steven J.
    Date
    2004
    • Books
  • Man, God and immortality : thoughts on human progress / passages chosen from the writings of Sir James George Frazer ; revised and edited by the author.

    • Frazer, James George, 1854-1941.
    Date
    1927
    • Books
    • Online
  • Kultur und Religion des primitiven Menschen : Einführung in Hauptprobleme der allgemeinen Völkerkunde und Völkerpsychologie / von Theodor-Wilhelm Danzel.

    • Danzel, Theodor-Wilhelm, 1886-1954.
    Date
    1924
    • Books
  • Odd people : being a popular description of singular races of man / by Mayne Reid.

    • Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883.
    Date
    1860
    • Books
  • The origin of civilisation and the primitive condition of man : mental and social condition of savages / by Lord Avebury.

    • Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913.
    Date
    1912
    • Books
    • Online
  • The foundations of primitive thought / C.R. Hallpike.

    • Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert)
    Date
    1979
    • Books
  • Irregular connections : a history of anthropology and sexuality / Andrew P. Lyons and Harriet D. Lyons.

    • Lyons, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul)
    Date
    [2004], ©2004
    • Books
  • Sex and culture / by J.D. Unwin.

    • Unwin, J. D. (Joseph Daniel), 1895-1936.
    Date
    1934
    • Books
    • Online
  • Jugend und Gesellschaft : Ausstellung 1973/74. Führer durch das Museum. (Gestaltung: Robert Hiltbrand.).

    • Hiltbrand, Robert.
    Date
    1973
    • Books
  • A study of abortion in primitive societies : a typological, distributional, and dynamic analysis of the prevention of birth in 400 preindustrial societies / by George Devereux.

    • Devereux, George, 1908-1985.
    Date
    1960, ©1955
    • Books
  • Sex and repression in savage society / by Bronislaw Malinowski.

    • Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
    Date
    [1960]
    • Books
    • Online
  • Men against women : a study of sexual relations / by Theodore Besterman.

    • Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976.
    Date
    [1934]
    • Books
  • The savage : a history of misunderstanding / Andrew Sinclair.

    • Sinclair, Andrew.
    Date
    [1977], ©1977
    • Books
  • Social origins and social continuities : a course of lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, February, 1924 / by Alfred Marston Tozzer.

    • Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston), 1877-1954.
    Date
    1925
    • Books
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