The Position of Woman in Primitive Society
by C. Gasquoine Hartley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928
- Title
- The Position of Woman in Primitive Society: A Study of the Matriarchy
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Gibbs, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
- Subject
- Matriarchy
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31500
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31500
- Release Date
- March 4, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE POSITION OF WOMAN IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY
- 2.BY THE SAME AUTHOR — THE POSITION OF WOMAN IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY
- 3.A STUDY OF THE MATRIARCHY
- 4.DEDICATION
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTORY — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.CHAPTER II — AN EXPOSITION OF BACHOFEN’S THEORY OF THE MATRIARCHATE — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER III — DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS: AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE MOTHER-RIGHT WITH THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER IV — DEVELOPMENT IN THE PATRIARCHAL FAMILY AND THE RISE OF MOTHER-POWER — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.PART II THE MOTHER-AGE CIVILISATION
- 11.CHAPTER V — THE MATRIARCHAL FAMILY AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER VI — THE MATERNAL FAMILY AMONG THE KHASIS — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER VII — FURTHER EXAMPLES OF THE MATERNAL FAMILY — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — MOTHER-RIGHT CUSTOMS AND THE TRANSITION TO FATHER-RIGHT — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER IX — WOMEN AND PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.CHAPTER X — TRACES OF MOTHER-RIGHT CUSTOMS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.CHAPTER XI — THE SURVIVALS OF MOTHER-RIGHT IN FOLK-LORE, IN HEROIC LEGENDS, AND IN FAIRY STORIES — FOOTNOTES:
- 18.CHAPTER XII — CONCLUDING REMARKS — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.INDEX — THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMAN
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