02385cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000540012824501300018226400510031230000470036333600260041033700260043633800360046250000310049850801940052952012230072353400450194665300120199165300250200385600430202855096UtSlPG20260610134253.0mcr n260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a04012237  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE0111 aBrinton, Daniel G.q(Daniel Garrison),d1837-189914aThe American Race :bA Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2017  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2017-07-12  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aIndians  aIndians -- Languages40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55096