The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions

by James George Frazer

Book Overview

First published in 1890, The Golden Bough is a seminal work of modern anthropology. A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind that traces the development and confluence of thought from magic and ritual to modern scientific theory, it has been a source of great influence upon such diverse writers as T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, and D.H. Lawrence. This edition restores many of the controversial passages expurgated in the 1922 edition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192835416
• ISBN13: 9780192835413
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.5" x 5.1"