Readings in Early Anthropology

<p>This book considers the beginnings of anthropology as a cultural tradition, and examines how it was developed and transmitted. <br> It begins in the twelfth century, when commercial capitalism and extensive acculturation spread a secular world view among intellectuals. It ends with the eighteenth century, because most anthropologists are familiar with the subsequent history of their science.<br> Originally published in 1963.</p> Chapter 1 To the End of the Fourteenth Century; Chapter 2 The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries; Chapter 3 The Seventeenth Century; Chapter 4 The Eighteenth Century; Chapter 5 Eighteenth Century Social Anthropology; Chapter 6 Eighteenth-Century Social Anthropology; Chapter 7 Eighteenth-Century Social Anthropology;