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LoC No.: 04012237

Title: The American Race
A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

Note: Reading ease score: 65.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https: //archive.org)

Summary: "The American Race" by Daniel G. Brinton is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work aims to systematically classify and describe the native tribes of North and South America, focusing heavily on their languages and cultures. This ambitious study emphasizes the importance of linguistic classification in understanding the relationships among various tribes and provides insights into their histories and characteristics. The opening of the book sets the stage for Brinton's exploration of the American race, outlining the linguistic classification methods and the major themes that will be addressed. Brinton discusses the variety of theories surrounding the origins of American inhabitants and critiques previous scholars' contributions. He stresses the significance of linguistics as a foundational indicator of cultural and ethnic identity among Native American tribes, while he also notes challenges in accurately defining locations and classifications due to historical migrations and spelling variations of tribal names. This introduction establishes a framework for further ethnographic and linguistic analysis that follows in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899

EBook No.: 55096

Published: Jul 12, 2017

Downloads: 86

Language: English

Subject: Indians

Subject: Indians -- Languages

LoCC: History: America: America

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:55096:2 2017-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) en urn:lccn:04012237 1
2024-11-08T15:19:13Z The American Race

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 04012237

Title: The American Race
A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

Note: Reading ease score: 65.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https: //archive.org)

Summary: "The American Race" by Daniel G. Brinton is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work aims to systematically classify and describe the native tribes of North and South America, focusing heavily on their languages and cultures. This ambitious study emphasizes the importance of linguistic classification in understanding the relationships among various tribes and provides insights into their histories and characteristics. The opening of the book sets the stage for Brinton's exploration of the American race, outlining the linguistic classification methods and the major themes that will be addressed. Brinton discusses the variety of theories surrounding the origins of American inhabitants and critiques previous scholars' contributions. He stresses the significance of linguistics as a foundational indicator of cultural and ethnic identity among Native American tribes, while he also notes challenges in accurately defining locations and classifications due to historical migrations and spelling variations of tribal names. This introduction establishes a framework for further ethnographic and linguistic analysis that follows in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899

EBook No.: 55096

Published: Jul 12, 2017

Downloads: 86

Language: English

Subject: Indians

Subject: Indians -- Languages

LoCC: History: America: America

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:55096:3 2017-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) en urn:lccn:04012237 1