ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
PART I
ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS
| PAGES | ||
| 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