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Barbarism and Civilization
The summation: the great divisions of labor breed exchange, money, merchants, and classes; the state arises as a public power standing above society to hold class antagonisms in check; and civilization — monogamy, private property, the state — is judged by Morgan's closing prophecy of 'a revival, in a higher form, of the liberty, equality and fraternity of the ancient gentes.'
The three great divisions of laborMoney, merchants, and slaveryWhat defines the state: territory, public power, taxesCivilization's balance sheetMorgan's closing prophecy