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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

by Ernest Untermann

A historical materialist account of family and society

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A historical materialist account of family and society

Friedrich Engels’s 1884 treatise connects the study of family structures with private property and the state, drawing in part on Karl Marx’s notes on Lewis H. Morgan’s *Ancient Society*. The description places the work in the early history of anthropology and identifies its subject as family economics. The supplied metadata lists Ernest Untermann as translator.

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  • Readers interested in the history of anthropology and social thought
  • Readers exploring historical materialist approaches to family, property, and the state

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Family structuresPrivate propertyThe stateEarly anthropologyFamily economics

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The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State: in the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan is an 1884 historical materialist treatise by Friedrich Engels. It is partially based on notes by Karl Marx to Lewis H. Morgan's book Ancient Society from 1877. The book is an early anthropological work and is regarded as one of the first major works on family economics.
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