TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTF.R PAGh 



Indians — 'rotcniisni anionj^ tlic nativo tribes of Australia 

 — '1'\h\ niajiical Inticliiuinji ccn-monics — Initiation ccic- 

 nionii's — Mu'.mc: iniitativf and s\ nijiatlu-tic — Indian 

 nu'difim'-infii — Priniilivt' rclifiion ; animism — 'I'iicorics 

 of tlie Inunan soul — 'J'ii(> reli/^'ion of anccstor-worsliip — 

 The economic life of primitive peoples — The undeveloped 

 sense of value; no idea of exclianj,'e — Exchanj^e orif;inat- 

 in<^- in j,'ift-j;ivinj,'. propitiation, oll'ering — 1 he orifjin of a 

 jicneraily aceeptalile medium of exchange: money — No 

 comjietition in primitive society — Hindrances in super- 

 stition to tiie growtii of economic ideas — The role of 

 slavery. 



IX The Transition from Tribal Society to Civil Society . 278-29G 



The transition gradual and duo to many causes — ^letro- 

 nyniic and Patronymic organization of society — Marriage 

 liy capture and marriage by purciuise — Tlie patriarchal 

 kindred and the pastoral system — The patriarclial kin- 

 dred and the agricultural system — Ancestor-worship and 

 the patriarclial kindred — Tribal feudalism — The five 

 generation group of the patriarchal kindred — The new 

 basis of social organization in allegiance — The change 

 from custorttTtty to positive law — The institution 

 of slavery and the creation of a surplus — The growth of 

 markets "and tlie beginnings of commerce — Tiie dispos- 

 abh' surplus and leisure — Civilization results from tlie 

 creation of a surplus. 



Appendix I — Social Selection 297-310 



Index 311-320 



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