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“Mr. Thomas ... both is, and seems, sound. No one, indeed, is more competent than Mr. Thomas to give the world an accurate digest of the information at present available in regard to the status regulations affecting marriage amongst the Australians.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 257. Mr. 2. 1180w. |
“The author seems to be at his best in the discussion of such a vexed question as group marriage; the argument is closely reasoned, and brings out several new points.” A. E. Crawley.
| + + | Nature. 76: 221. Jl. 4, ’07. 170w. |
Thomas, William I. [Sex and society; studies in the social psychology of sex.] *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
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The author says in his preface: “While each study is complete in itself, the general thesis running through all of them [eight in number] is the same—that the differences in bodily habit between men and women particularly the greater strength, restlessness, the motor aptitude of man, and the more stationary condition of woman, have had an important influence on social forms and activities, and on the character and mind of the two sexes.”
“Valuable and stimulating contribution to sociological literature.” Alfred C. Haddon.