ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME ONE

PART I

ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

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Chapter I.The Patriarchal Theory[3]-32
I.Statement of the Theory[9]-13
II.Criticism of the Theory by Spencer and McLennan[14]-17
III.The Theory in the Light of Recent Research[18]-32
Chapter II.Theory of the Horde and Mother-Right[33]-89
I.Bachofen and His Disciples[39]-65
II.Morgan's Constructive Theory[65]-76
III.McLennan's Constructive Theory[77]-89
Chapter III.Theory of the Original Pairing or Monogamous Family[89]-151
I.The Problem of Promiscuity[90]-110
II.The Problem of Mother-Right[110]-117
III.The Problem of Exogamy[117]-132
IV.The Problem of the Successive Forms of the Family[132]-151
Chapter IV.Rise of the Marriage Contract[152]-223
I.Wife-Capture and the Symbol of Rape[156]-179
II.Wife-Purchase and Its Survival in the Marriage Ceremony[179]-201
III.The Antiquity of Self-Betrothal or Free Marriage[201]-210
IV.Primitive Free Marriage Surviving with Purchase, and the Decay of the Purchase-Contract[210]-223
Chapter V.Early History of Divorce[224]-250
I.The Right of Divorce[224]-240
II.The Form of Divorce[240]-241
III.The Legal Effects of Divorce[241]-247
IV.Frequency of Divorce[247]-250

PART II

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND