The Mind Of Primitive Man Classic Reprint Franz Boas by Franz Boas 9781440087301, 144008730X instant download after payment.

THE 11IND OF PRI11ITIVE jVfANI. RACIAL PREJUDICESPROUD of his wonderful achievements, civilized nlanlooks down upon the humbler members of mankind. Hehas conquered the forces of nature and compelled themto serve him. He has transformed inhospitable forestsinto fertile fields. The mountain fastnesses are yieldingtheir treasures to his demands. The fierce animalswhich are obstructing' his progress are being exterminated,while others which are useful to him are made to increasea thousand-fold. The waves of the ocean carry himfrom land to land, and 'towering mountain-ranges sethim no bounds. His genius has moulded inert matterinto powerful machines which await a touch of his handto serve his manifold demands."Vith pity he looks down upon those nlembers of thehuman race who have not succeeded in subduing nature;who labor to eke a meagre existence out of the productsof the wilderness; who hear with trembling the roar ofB ITable 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