Download or read book The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan written by Thomas R. Trautmann and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) was America's leading ethnologist in his day, & his scholarship played a role of exceptional importance during the critical period of the 1860s-1880s when anthropology was beginning to crystalize as a specialized field of research. Contents of this vol.: Lewis Henry Morgan & His Library; Morgan's Life & Works; The Library & Its Contents; Analysis of the Collection; Explanation of the Inventory, Catalogue, & Register; Bibliography of Morgan's Publications; The Inventory; The Catalogue; & Register of the Morgan Papers. Illus.