The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. THE BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE.4. CHAPTER II. MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY AMONGST ANIMALS.5. CHAPTER III. PROMISCUITY.6. CHAPTER IV. SOME SINGULAR FORMS OF SEXUAL ASSOCIATION.7. CHAPTER V. POLYANDRY.8. CHAPTER VI. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE.9. CHAPTER VII. MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE AND BY SERVITUDE.10. CHAPTER VIII. PRIMITIVE POLYGAMY.11. CHAPTER IX. POLYGAMY OF CIVILISED PEOPLE.12. CHAPTER X. PROSTITUTION AND CONCUBINAGE.13. CHAPTER XI. PRIMITIVE MONOGAMY.14. CHAPTER XII. HEBREW AND ARYAN MONOGAMY.15. CHAPTER XIII. ADULTERY.16. CHAPTER XIV. REPUDIATION AND DIVORCE.17. CHAPTER XV. WIDOWHOOD AND THE LEVIRATE.18. CHAPTER XVI. THE FAMILIAL CLAN IN AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.19. CHAPTER XVII. THE FAMILIAL CLAN AND ITS EVOLUTION.20. CHAPTER XVIII. THE MATERNAL FAMILY.21. CHAPTER XIX. THE FAMILY IN CIVILISED COUNTRIES.22. CHAPTER XX. MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE.23. INDEX