Primitive societies
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The Oedipus complex
Origin of the Family Private Property and the State
Early beliefs and their social influence
The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia
Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats
From the South Seas
Art in Nonliterate Societies
Patterns of culture
Primitive man as philosopher
The origin and development of the moral ideas
Life before Genesis, a conclusion
The Cave Girl
Ancient law, its connection with the early history of society and its relaton to modern ideas
The noble savage
The twilight of the primitive
Daughter of the Red Deer
Ancient Society (The John Harvard Library)
The Other Side of Eden
Both sides of Buka Passage
Lost in Shangri-la
The primitive world and its transformations
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Excavations at Star Carr
Elements of social organization
Black Mischief
Savage childhood
Our primitive contemporaries
Types of social structure in eastern Indonesia
Structure and function in primitive society
The Valley of Horses
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