Ancient society
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- or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization
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1. Front matter2. Ancient Society3. PREFACE.4. TABLE OF CONTENTS.5. PART I. - GROWTH OF INTELLIGENCE THROUGH INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.6. CHAPTER I. - ETHNICAL PERIODS.7. CHAPTER II. - ARTS OF SUBSISTENCE.8. CHAPTER III. - RATIO OF HUMAN PROGRESS.9. CHAPTER I. - ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY UPON THE BASIS OF SEX.10. CHAPTER II. - THE IROQUOIS GENS.11. CHAPTER III. - THE IROQUOIS PHRATRY.12. CHAPTER IV. - THE IROQUOIS TRIBE.13. CHAPTER V. - THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY.14. CHAPTER VI. - GENTES IN OTHER TRIBES OF THE GANOWÁNIAN FAMILY.15. CHAPTER VII. - THE AZTEC CONFEDERACY.16. CHAPTER VIII. - THE GRECIAN GENS.17. CHAPTER IX. - THE GRECIAN PHRATRY, TRIBE AND NATION.18. CHAPTER X. - THE INSTITUTION OF GRECIAN POLITICAL SOCIETY.19. CHAPTER XI. - THE ROMAN GENS.20. CHAPTER XII. - THE ROMAN CURIA, TRIBE AND POPULUS.21. CHAPTER XIII. - THE INSTITUTION OF ROMAN POLITICAL SOCIETY.22. CHAPTER XIV. - CHANGE OF DESCENT FROM THE FEMALE TO THE MALE LINE.23. CHAPTER XV. - GENTES IN OTHER TRIBES OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.24. CHAPTER I. - THE ANCIENT FAMILY.25. CHAPTER II. - THE CONSANGUINE FAMILY.26. CHAPTER III. - THE PUNALUAN FAMILY.27. CHAPTER IV. - THE SYNDYASMIAN AND THE PATRIARCHAL FAMILIES.28. CHAPTER V. - THE MONOGAMIAN FAMILY.29. CHAPTER VI. - SEQUENCE OF INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE FAMILY.30. CHAPTER I. - THE THREE RULES OF INHERITANCE.31. CHAPTER II. - THE THREE RULES OF INHERITANCE—CONTINUED.32. INDEX.