The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, 2 volumes, complete
by Westermarck, Edward
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912. London: Macmillan, 1912. Second edition, being a reprint of the first edition with corrections. 8vo. Hard cover bindings, 716, 865 pp. Titles in gilt, rough-cut pages. Edward Westermarck, in full Edward Alexander Westermarck, (born Nov. 20, 1862, Helsinki, Fin. -- died Sept. 3, 1939, Lapinlahti), Finnish sociologist, philosopher, and anthropologist who denied the widely held view that early humans had lived in a state of promiscuity and instead theorized that the original form of human sexual attachment had been monogamy. He asserted that primitive marriage was rooted in the needs of the nuclear family, which he considered to be the fundamental and universal unit of society. (Brittanica). Volume I: chipping top and bottom of spine, 1" tear to spine cloth. Minor pencil ticks. Hinges sound. No ownership marks. Volume II: Tears to spine cloth, rear hinge cracked. No ownership marks, no writing inside. Good readings copies.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, 2 volumes, complete
- Author
- Westermarck, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- MORAL PHILOSOPHY ANTHROPOLOGY ETHICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Ancient History; Anthropology;
- Size
- 8vo
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Reprint
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- Spine
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