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Primitive culture

researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom

Also known as Primitive culture [microform]; Primitive culture, researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art and customs; Primitive culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom

by Edward Burnett Tylor, Edward Burnett Sir Tylor & Edward Edward Burnett Tylor

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917) was an English anthropologist who is widely considered the founder of anthropology as a scientific discipline. He was the first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1896 to 1909, and developed a broad definition of culture which is still used by scholars. First published in 1871, this classic work explains Tylor's idea of cultural evolution in relation to anthropology, a social theory which states that human cultures invariably change over time to become more complex. Unlike his contemporaries, Tylor did not link biological evolution to cultural evolution, asserting that all human minds are the same irrespective of a society's state of evolution. His book was extremely influential in popularising the study of anthropology and establishing cultural evolution as the main theoretical framework followed by anthropologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Volume 1 focuses on social evolution, language and myth.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from gallica, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Mythologie” and “Mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subtitle, “Mythology” in the alternative title, “Mythologie” in the subject metadata, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Mythologie”· via Gallica — Bibliothèque nationale de France
    • “Mythology”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Mythology”· via Open Library
    • “Mythology”· in subtitle
    • “Mythology”· in alternative title
    • “Mythologie”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, and openlibrary-historical matched “Animism” and “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Animism” in the subject metadata and “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Animism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Animism”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Rites and ceremonies”· via Open Library
    • “Animism”· via Open Library
    • “Animism”· in subject

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researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art and custom. [Volume 1]

Gallica digitized pre-1900 manifestation

Holding/source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Philosophie, histoire, sciences de l'homme, G-29819-29820; Physical description: 2 vol. ; in-8; Physical description: Nombre total de vues : 517; Rights: domaine public; Rights: public domain

1873H. Murray (London)English—Public digital item

Primitive culture [microform]

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1889-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : H. HoltEnglish
  • 0665402643
  • 0665402651
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researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art and custom

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1889-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : H. HoltEnglish—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Canadiana.org
  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Harold B. Lee Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of Michigan
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Contributing institution: Wellesley College Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Brigham Young University
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Alberta Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Wellesley College Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 27 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): GN400 .T8 1920
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: 2 volumes; London: John Murray, 1920
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