+ Springf’d Republican p6 S 27 ’20 840w
LOWIE, ROBERT HARRY. Primitive society. *$3 Boni & Liveright 572
20–7731
“Beginning with the custom of marriage. Dr Lowie studies it through the practice of polygamy, with its side-shoots of polygyny, polyandry, sexual communism, to the family, with its various units, to the kinship usages. The Sib organization, with its history and ramifications, is analyzed and illustrated, the first half of the study of primitive society on its individual side ending at the stage of The position of woman. Then in turn such questions are studied as Property, Associations, Theory of associations, Rank, Government, and Justice.”—Boston Transcript
“The reviewer, a teacher of sociology, is one of a large group who are grateful to Dr Lowie for his service in writing this book.”
+ Ann Am Acad 93:225 Ja ’21 w
“Useful for its expansion of data commonly found only in briefer outlines.”
+ Booklist 16:303 Je ’20 + Boston Transcript p4 My 19 ’20 380w
“‘Primitive society’ is a worth-while book. It is interestingly written and valuable and readable, even for an amateur anthropologist or sociologist. Its factual solidity makes it of permanent worth in any library.”