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100 1 _aBrinton, Daniel G.
_q(Daniel Garrison),
_d1837-1899
245 1 4 _aThe American Race :
_bA Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-07-12
508 _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)
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndians
653 _aIndians -- Languages
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55096
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