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The Mind of Primitive Man (Classic Reprint)
The Mind of Primitive Man - Classic Reprint Author:Franz Boas THE 11IND OF PRI11ITIVE jVfAN — I. RACIAL PREJUDICES — PROUD of his wonderful achievements, civilized nlan — looks down upon the humbler members of mankind. He — has conquered the forces of nature and compelled them — to serve him. He has transformed inhospitable forests — into fertile fields. The mountain fastnesses are yielding — their treasures to h... more »is demands. The fierce animals
which are obstructing' his progress are being exterminated,
while others which are useful to him are made to increase
a thousand-fold. The waves of the ocean carry him
from land to land, and 'towering mountain-ranges set
him no bounds. His genius has moulded inert matter
into powerful machines which await a touch of his hand
to serve his manifold demands.
"Vith pity he looks down upon those nlembers of the
human race who have not succeeded in subduing nature;
who labor to eke a meagre existence out of the products
of the wilderness; who hear with trembling the roar of
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CJfAPTlIll; I RACIAL PREJUDICES; Racial achievement and aptitude, r - The white race,; having achieved the highest civilization, represents; the highest physical type, 2; Does cultural achievement depend upon hereditary; aptitude alone? 5 -Many races have contributed; to the origin of civilization,s - Early civilization; in America, 7 - Interpretation of rapidity of development,; 8 - The spread of civilization, 10 - Summary,; 16; Are anatomical characteristics of foreign races expressions; of inferiority? (7 - Lower characteristics of; various parts of the body, 18 - Development in different; races of traits differentiating man from animal,; 2 I - Significance of these traits for disc« less