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But practically all men in the same tribe did the same kind of work . The other
interesting fact was that every boy was sure of a place . This was because the
family or clan or tribe all hung together . As the children grew up they stayed with
their ...
But practically all men in the same tribe did the same kind of work . The other
interesting fact was that every boy was sure of a place . This was because the
family or clan or tribe all hung together . As the children grew up they stayed with
their ...
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It came before there was anything like a nation , or a city , or a business group , or
a labor union , or any other kind of union . The ancestors of all European peoples
and of the Jews once lived in such clans or tribes . Walter Scott in the “ Lady of ...
It came before there was anything like a nation , or a city , or a business group , or
a labor union , or any other kind of union . The ancestors of all European peoples
and of the Jews once lived in such clans or tribes . Walter Scott in the “ Lady of ...
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... help their fellow tribesmen in battle and blames those that were timid or selfish
. In early Rome and Greece there were great clans such as the Julian “ gens . ” It
may safely be said that the ancestors of all of us once lived in this kind of group .
... help their fellow tribesmen in battle and blames those that were timid or selfish
. In early Rome and Greece there were great clans such as the Julian “ gens . ” It
may safely be said that the ancestors of all of us once lived in this kind of group .
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Why do men wear one kind of day clothes and women another ? There is a law
on the customs matter , but we seldom if ever think of it , and perhaps many do
not know of it : we simply want to wear what other men or other women wear .
Why do men wear one kind of day clothes and women another ? There is a law
on the customs matter , but we seldom if ever think of it , and perhaps many do
not know of it : we simply want to wear what other men or other women wear .
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Or by a slightly different kind of division of labor men may divide up the parts of
one task , as is done today in making shoes , and then put together the parts into
complete products . The early men in savage or barbarous life did little of this ...
Or by a slightly different kind of division of labor men may divide up the parts of
one task , as is done today in making shoes , and then put together the parts into
complete products . The early men in savage or barbarous life did little of this ...
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| Наслов | Our Democracy: Its Origins and Its Tasks |
| Аутор | James Hayden Tufts |
| Издавач | H. Holt, 1917 |
| Оригинал из | Јавна библиотека града Њујорка |
| Дигитализовано | 14 феб 2007 |
| Дужина | 327 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |