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The History of Human Marriage

by Edward Westermarck

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  1. 1Introductory Note by Alfred R. Wallace
  2. 2Preface to the First Edition
  3. 3Preface to the Second Edition
  4. 4Preface to the Third Edition
  5. 5Epigraph — Introduction — On the Method of Investigation
  6. 6Chapter I — The Origin of Marriage
  7. 7Chapter II — A Human Pairing Season in Primitive Times
  8. 8Chapter III — The Antiquity of Human Marriage
  9. 9Chapter IV — A Criticism of the Hypothesis of Promiscuity
  10. 10Chapter V — A Criticism of the Hypothesis of Promiscuity
  11. 11Chapter VI — A Criticism of the Hypothesis of Promiscuity
  12. 12Chapter VII — Marriage and Celibacy
  13. 13Chapter VIII — The Courtship of Man
  14. 14Chapter IX — Means of Attraction
  15. 15Chapter X — The Liberty of Choice
  16. 16Chapter XI — Sexual Selection Among Animals
  17. 17Chapter XII — The Sexual Selection of Man: Typical Beauty
  18. 18Chapter XIII — The Law of Similarity
  19. 19Chapter XIV — Prohibition of Marriage Between Kindred
  20. 20Chapter XV — Prohibition of Marriage Between Kindred
  21. 21Chapter XVI — Sexual Selection as Influenced by Affection and Sympa…
  22. 22Chapter XVII — Marriage by Capture and Marriage by Purchase
  23. 23Chapter XVIII — The Decay of Marriage by Purchase. The Marriage Por…
  24. 24Chapter XIX — Marriage Ceremonies and Rites
  25. 25Chapter XX — The Forms of Human Marriage
  26. 26Chapter XXI — The Forms of Human Marriage
  27. 27Chapter XXII — The Forms of Human Marriage
  28. 28Chapter XXIII — The Duration of Human Marriage
  29. 29Chapter XXIV — Summary
  30. 30Authorities Quoted

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