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The History of Human Marriage

The History of Human Marriage

by Edward Westermarck

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Author
Westermarck, Edward, 1862-1939
Title
The history of human marriage
Credits
E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library ( www.hathitrust.org/)
Language
English
LoC Class
HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Subject
Marriage -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59386
Release Date
April 28, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library ( https://www.hathitrust.org/ )
  2. 2.THE HISTORY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  3. 3.INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY ALFRED R. WALLACE
  4. 4.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION — PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION — PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION ON THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
  7. 7.CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE
  8. 8.CHAPTER II A HUMAN PAIRING SEASON IN PRIMITIVE TIMES
  9. 9.CHAPTER III THE ANTIQUITY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  11. 11.CHAPTER V A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE COURTSHIP OF MAN
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX MEANS OF ATTRACTION
  16. 16.CHAPTER X THE LIBERTY OF CHOICE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG ANIMALS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE SEXUAL SELECTION OF MAN: TYPICAL BEAUTY
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE LAW OF SIMILARITY
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN KINDRED
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN KINDRED
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI SEXUAL SELECTION AS INFLUENCED BY AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY, AND BY CALCULATION
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE AND MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII THE DECAY OF MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE. THE MARRIAGE PORTION
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX MARRIAGE CEREMONIES AND RITES
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII THE DURATION OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV SUMMARY
  31. 31.AUTHORITIES QUOTED.
  32. 32.INDEX
  33. 33.Untitled
  34. 34.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note

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