Paperback, 136 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019 by Compass Circle.
Paperback, 136 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019 by Compass Circle.
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State: in the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan (German: Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigenthums und des Staats) is an 1884 philosophical treatise by Friedrich Engels. It is partially based on notes by Karl Marx to Lewis H. Morgan's book Ancient Society (1877). The book is an early historical materialist work and is regarded as one of the first major works on family economics.