The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family

by Ch. Letourneau

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. The Biological Origin of Marriage
3. Chapter II. Marriage and the Family Amongst Animals
4. Chapter III. Promiscuity
5. Chapter IV. Some Singular Forms of Sexual Association
6. Chapter V. Polyandry
7. Chapter VI. Marriage by Capture
8. Chapter VII. Marriage by Purchase and by Servitude
9. Chapter VIII. Primitive Polygamy
10. Chapter IX. Polygamy of Civilised People
11. Chapter X. Prostitution and Concubinage
12. Chapter XI. Primitive Monogamy
13. Chapter XII. Hebrew and Aryan Monogamy
14. Chapter XIII. Adultery
15. Chapter XIV. Repudiation and Divorce
16. Chapter XV. Widowhood and the Levirate
17. Chapter XVI. The Familial Clan in Australia and America
18. Chapter XVII. The Familial Clan and Its Evolution
19. Chapter XVIII. The Maternal Family
20. Chapter XIX. The Family in Civilised Countries
21. Chapter XX. Marriage and the Family in the Past, the Present, and the Future

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