Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state (Record no. 5013)
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| Classification number | 970.1 Far |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 970.1 Far |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Farb, Peter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Peter Farb |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1968 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 332 p |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Second ed. published in 1978 under title: Man's rise to civilization. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Foreword / Elman R. Service -- The Evolution of complexity : A Laboratory for modern man -- The First Americans -- How cultures change -- Differences and simularities in the cultures of mankind -- Man as a social animal -- The Band : Great Basin Shoshone : Cultural Improverishment -- Of Apes and men -- The Irreducible minimum of human socity -- Incest -- The Most leisured people -- Cooperation -- Ajusting to a White world. Eskimo : Environment and adaptation : The Far-flung people -- Sociality and survival -- Wife-lending and other exchanges -- Feuds and duels -- A Communistic society? -- The Birth of the gods -- The Shaman, dealer in the supernatural -- Taboo : handicaps to survival? -- The Sub- Artic : Living with Expediency : The Composit Band -- Capitalism : Innate or acquired? -- The Hunting territory -- The Social function of anxiety -- An explanation of reincarnation -- Totem and taboo -- -- Southeran California : the Potentialities of the Band : The Patrilocal band -- Lieages, moieties, and sacred bundles -- Puberty rites -- Cultural hybrids. The Tribe : Zuni : Unity through Religion : The Pueblo Indians : The Clans -- The Woman's role -- Zuni relligion -- Ritual and memorial day -- The "Peaceful" Pueblo? -- Rites of rebellion -- Iroquois : Primitive democracy : "The Greeks of America : -- The Democracy of the League and arxism -- Great men and great events -- Warfare in the woodlands -- The Great Spirit and monotheism -- False faces -- Plains : Equestrian Revolutionaries : The Great American epic -- A Living experiment in cultural change -- The Make-believe Indians -- Coups and scalping -- Causes of warfare -- The New rich -- Visions quests -- The End of a culture. The Chiefdom : Northwest Coast : Status and -- The Affuent societies of the Pacific Coast -- A Complex social organization -- Rank and status -- Sumptuary laws -- Primitive slavery -- Specialists in religion and art -- Totem poles -- The Economics of prestige -- The Rise and fall of chiefdoms -- Natchez : People of the Sun -- The French romantics -- The Great sun -- Ruler as supreme priest -- Caste versus class -- The Last of the mound builders -- The State : Aztec : study in total power : The Rise to respectability -- The Valley of Mexico -- The Conquest by Corties -- The Aztec state -- Class and clan -- Warriors and priests -- The Death of the sun. Continued : The Long Migration : The Peopling of North America -- The Continentthat had never known man -- Over the land bridge -- Paths across the continent -- The Earliest big-game hunters -- The Great extinction -- Preadapted cultures emerge -- The Desert culture and the eastern archaic -- Beginnings of agriculture -- Transpacific contacts? -- The Flowering of diversity -- The Eastern woodlands -- The Mound builders -- The Generations of Adam : The Missing skeletons -- The Evidence of the skulls -- The American race -- Half a thousand tongues -- Dating by language -- Man at the mercy of his language. Socieies Under Stress : The End of the Trail : First encounters -- The Noble Red Man and the bloodshirsty savage -- The Great removl -- The Cherokee -- The Last stand -- Borrowed Cultures : the Debt to the Indian -- Squaw men -- Acculturation without assimilation -- The Navaho -- Navaho and Zuni war veterans -- The Hopes of the Oppressed : Revivalistic movements -- The First phase : recovery of lost cultures -- Dreamers -- The Ghost Dance -- The Second phase : accomodation -- Peyotism -- Messiah : Indian and others -- A Society for the preservation of cultures. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Examines and describes the various customs of North American Indian tribes to explain the evolution of man as a social being - his relationships with his family and kin groups, his religious and his political institutions. Includes Eskimos, Sub-arctic Indians, Plains Indians, Aztec Indians, and Pueblo Indians. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Information code or alphabet | 35105 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Indians of North America |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Indians Social conditions |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Indians History |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Ethnic relations |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Civilization |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Public note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 5.46 | 970.1 Far | 35105 | 2007-07-31 | In Memory of : W. E. Selby |