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Nagualism: a Study in Native American Folk-lore and History (Dodo Press)
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Nagualism: a Study in Native American Folk-lore and History (Dodo Press)
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899), was an American archaeologist and ethnologist. During the American Civil War, he was a surgeon in the Union army, acting during 1864-1865 as surgeonin- charge of the U. S. Army general hospital at Quincy, Illinois. After the war, Brinton practiced medicine in West Chester, Pennsylvania for several years; was the editor of a weekly periodical - the Medical and Surgical Reporter, in Philadelphia from 1874 to 1887; became professor of ethnology and archaeology in the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia in 1884; and was professor of American linguistics and archaeology in the University of Pennsylvania from 1886 until his death. His works include: The Myths of the New World (1868), The Religious Sentiment (1876), American Hero-Myths (1882), Aboriginal American Authors (1883), The Lenape and Their Legends (1885), The Annals of the Cakchiquels (1885), Ancient Nahuatl Poetry (1887), The Pursuit of Happiness (1893), A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics (1895) and Religions of Primitive People (1897). In addition, he edited and published a Library of American Aboriginal Literature (8 vols. 1882-1890), a valuable contribution to the science of anthropology in America.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 25, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9781409940289 |
Publishers | Dodo Press |
Pages | 86 |
Dimensions | 225 × 5 × 150 mm · 136 g |
Language | English |
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