Researches into the Early History of Mankind (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): And the Development of Civilization

In his introduction to this 1865 volume, the author indicates his method by writing that "e;civilization, being a process of long and complex growth, can only be understood when studied through its entire range."e; His thesis is that all culturesboth in the present and long agohave to be studied as parts of a single history of human thought.

The result, said the New York Times in a contemporary review, is "e;a most entertaining and instructive collection of archeological data."e;