The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition, Paperback - James George Frazer

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The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion, Hardcover

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In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's "Golden Bough, " published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and ph...

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First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and h...

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