“Trautmann's study is an important contribution to understanding the inception of modern anthropology and, more generally, to understanding the development of contemporary conceptions of human history and culture.”—Martin Ottenheimer, Choice “Morgan's methods and assumptions—especially his emphases on kin terms and on their genealogical referents—have informed all subsequent anthropology down to the present day. . . . [Trautmann] provides a fascinating ... Read moreinsight into one of the founding texts on modern anthropology.”—Anthony Good, Times Literary Supplement “Trautmann writes elegantly, persuasively, and often wittily, and his book makes fine reading.”—C. J. Fuller, Man Show Less