CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]
The Biological Origin of MarriagePAGE
[1-19]
[I.]The True Place of Man in the Animal Kingdom.
[II.]Reproduction.
[III.]Rut and Love.
[IV.]Love of Animals.
[CHAPTER II.]
Marriage and the Family amongst Animals[20-36]
[I.] The Preservation of Species.
[II.] Marriage and the Rearing of the Young among Animals.
[III.] The Family amongst Animals.
[CHAPTER III.]
Promiscuity[37-55]
[I.] Has there been a Stage of Promiscuity?
[II.] Cases of Human Promiscuity.
[III.] Hetaïrism.
[CHAPTER IV.]
Some Singular Forms of Sexual Association[56-72]
[I.] Primitive Sexual Immorality.
[II.] Some Strange Forms of Marriage.
[CHAPTER V.]
Polyandry[73-88]
[I.] Sexual Proportion of Births: its Influence on Marriage.
[II.] Ethnography of Polyandry.
[III.]Polyandry in Ancient Arabia.
[IV.] Polyandry in General.
[CHAPTER VI.]
Marriage by Capture[89-104]
[I.] Rape.
[II.] Marriage by Capture.
[III.] Signification of the Ceremonial of Capture.
[CHAPTER VII.]
Marriage by Purchase and by Servitude[105-121]
[I.] The Power of Parents.
[II.] Marriage by Servitude.
[III.] Marriage by Purchase.
[CHAPTER VIII.]
Primitive Polygamy[122-137]
[I.] Polygamy in Oceania, Africa, and America.
[II.] Polygamy in Asia and in Europe.
[CHAPTER IX.]
Polygamy of Civilised People[138-153]
[I.] The Stage of Polygamy.
[II.] Arab Polygamy.
[III.] Polygamy in Egypt, Mexico, and Peru.
[IV.] Polygamy in Persia and India.
[CHAPTER X.]
Prostitution and Concubinage[154-170]
[I.] Concubinage in General.
[II.] Prostitution.
[III.] Various Forms of Concubinage.
[CHAPTER XI.]
Primitive Monogamy[171-187]
[I.] The Monogamy of Inferior Races.
[II.] Monogamy in the Ancient States of Central America.
[III.] Monogamy in Ancient Egypt.
[IV.] Monogamy of the Touaregs and Abyssinians.
[V.] Monogamy among the Mongols of Asia.
[VI.]Monogamy and Civilisation.
[CHAPTER XII.]
Hebrew and Aryan Monogamy[188-206]
[I.] Monogamy of the Races called Superior.
[II.] Hebrew Marriage.
[III.] Marriage in Persia and Ancient India.
[IV.] Marriage in Ancient Greece.
[V.] Marriage in Ancient Rome.
[VI.] Barbarous Marriage and Christian Marriage.
[CHAPTER XIII.]
Adultery[207-227]
[I.] Adultery in General.
[II.] Adultery in Melanesia.
[III.] Adultery in Black Africa.
[IV.] Adultery in Polynesia.
[V.] Adultery in Savage America.
[VI.] Adultery in Barbarous America.
[VII.] Adultery among the Mongol Races and in Malaya.
[VIII.] Adultery among the Egyptians, the Berbers, and the Semites.
[IX.] Adultery in Persia and India.
[X.] Adultery in the Greco-Roman World.
[XI.] Adultery in Barbarous Europe.
[XII.] Adultery in the Past and in the Future.
[CHAPTER XIV.]
Repudiation and Divorce[228-248]
[I.] In Savage Countries.
[II.] Divorce and Repudiation among Barbarous Peoples.
[III.] The Evolution of Divorce.
[CHAPTER XV.]
Widowhood and the Levirate[249-266]
[I.] Widowhood in Savage Countries.
[II.] Widowhood in Barbarous Countries.
[III.] The Levirate.
[IV.] Summary.
[CHAPTER XVI.]
The Familial Clan in Australia and America[267-284]
[I.] The Family.
[II.] The Family in Melanesia.
[III.] The Family in America.
[CHAPTER XVII.]
The Familial Clan and its Evolution[285-302]
[I.] The Clan among the Redskins.
[II.] The Family among the Redskins.
[III.] The Family in Polynesia.
[IV.] The Family among the Mongols.
[V.] The Evolution of the System of Kinship by Classes.
[VI.]The Clan and the Family.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
The Maternal Family[303-321]
[I.] The Familial Clan and the Family properly so-called.
[II.] The Family in Africa.
[III.] The Family in Malaya.
[IV.] The Family among the Naïrs of Malabar.
[V.] The Family among the Aborigines of Bengal.
[VI.] The Couvade.
[VII.] The Primitive Family.
[CHAPTER XIX.]
The Family in Civilised Countries[322-340]
[I.] The Family in China.
[II.] The Family among the Semitic Races.
[III.] The Family among the Berbers.
[IV.] The Family in Persia.
[V.] The Family in India.
[VI.] The Greco-Roman Family.
[VII.] The Family in Barbarous Europe.
[CHAPTER XX.]
Marriage and the Family in the Past, the Present, and the Future[341-360]
[I.] The Past.
[II.] The Present.
[III.] The Future.
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