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THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATEBY FREDERICK ENGELS
TRANSLATED BY ERNEST UNTERMANN
CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
1908
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Copyright, 1902
By Charles H. Kerr & Company
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| Translator's Preface | 5 |
| Author's Prefaces | 9-12 |
| Prehistoric Stages | 27 |
| The Family | 35 |
| The Iroquois Gens | 102 |
| The Grecian Gens | 120 |
| Origin of the Attic State | 131 |
| Gens and State in Rome | 145 |
| The Gens Among Celts and Germans | 158 |
| The Rise of the State Among Germans | 176 |
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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
"An eternal being created human society as it is to-day, and submissionto 'superiors' and 'authority' is imposed on the 'lower' classes bydivine will." This suggestion, coming from pulpit, platform and press,has hypnotized the minds of men and proves to be one of the strongestpillars of exploitation. Scientific investigation has revealed long agothat human society is not cast in a stereotyped mould. As organic lifeon earth assumes different shapes, the result of a succession ofchemical changes, so the group life of human beings develops differentsocial institutions as a result of increasing control over environment,especially of production of food, clothing and shelter. Such is themessage which the works of men like Bachofen, Morgan, Marx, Darwin, andothers, broug