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Maxim Kovalevsky

Russian sociologist and historian of communal land tenure and medieval guilds.

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Also known as Kovalevsky, Maxim Kovalevsky, Prof. Maxim Kovalevsky, M. Kovalevsky

First appearance: iv mutual aid among the barbarians

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Kovalevsky is mentioned among the scholars who helped establish that early humans lived in societies, not isolated families.
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In Mutual Aid Among Savages: Kovalevsky is mentioned among the scholars who helped establish that early humans lived in societies, not isolated families. Later, in VII: The Origin of the Family: Referenced as a…

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AHAlbert Hermann…JJJohann Jakob B…LHLewis H. MorganJFJohn Ferguson …HMHenry MaineMKMaxim Kovalevsky

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