The Making of Man
Table of Contents

V.F. Calverton, Ed.

Preface by V.F. Calverton

Introduction by V.F. Calverton: Modern Anthropology and the Theory of Cultural Compulsives

I. Fossil and Prehistoric Man

Fossil Men           

Marcelin Boule

The Structure of Prehistoric Man

Wilson D. Wallis

The Tasmanians

W.J. Sollas

The Art of the Reindeer Epoch

Joseph Dechelette

The Peking Man J.H. McGregor
 
II. Race and Language
The Problem of Race

Franz Boas

Language, Race and Culture Edward Sapir
 
 

III. Social Organization

Das Mutterrecht J. Bachofen
Organization of Society upon the Basis of Sex Lewis H. Morgan
Motherright

E.S. Hartland

Group-Marriage and Sexual Communism Robert Briffault
Property W.H.R. Rivers
The Solidarity of the Individual w/His Group

Lucien Levy-Bruhl

Initiation Ceremonies B. Spencer & F.J. Gillen
The Coming of the Warriors W.J. Perry
Law and Anthropology Huntington Cairns
Totemism Alexander Goldenweiser

The Influence of Ancient Egyptian Civilization in the East and in America

G. Elliot Smith
Causality and Culture F. Graebner
Banaro Society Richard Thurnwald
Technology Clark Wissler
Cannibalism William Graham Sumner

 

IV. Sexual Customs and Social Practice
The Origin of Love

Robert Briffault

Homosexual Love         Edward Westermarck
Relations Between the Sexes in Tribal Life  Bronislaw Malinowski
Formal Sex Relations in Samoa

Margaret Mead

The Savages Dread of Incest            Sigmund Freud
The Intermediate Type as Prophet or Priest Edward Carpenter

        

V. Religion    
Animism Sir Edward B. Tylor
The Conception of Mana R.R. Marett
Animism and the Other World Geza Roheim
Magic and Religion

Sir James Frazer

The Growth of a Primitive Religion A.L. Kroeber
Woman and Religion Robert H. Lowie

      

VI. Evolution of Attitudes

Evolution of Human Species Robert Briffault

Collective Representation in Primitives’ Perceptions & the Mystical Character of Such

Lucien Levy-Bruhl
The Science of Custom Ruth Benedict
Concept of Right and Wrong Paul Radin
Class Relations

L.T. Hobhouse

Biographies

Bibliography

Thanks to the contributor:
John Peterson

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