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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 191 — Chapter II · THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT

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Ancient Society, 389, and on the whole subject, 382-508. In his earlier work, Systems of Consanguinity, 480 ff., Mr. Morgan gives fifteen normal stages or institutions in the evolution of marriage and the family. See also the summary in McLennan, Studies, I, 251, 252; and Lubbock's elaborate discussion of Morgan, Origin of Civilization, 162 ff.

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