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The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family

by Ch. Letourneau

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Biological Origin of Marriage
  3. 3Chapter II — Marriage and the Family Amongst Animals
  4. 4Chapter III — Promiscuity
  5. 5Chapter IV — Some Singular Forms of Sexual Association
  6. 6Chapter V — Polyandry
  7. 7Chapter VI — Marriage by Capture
  8. 8Chapter VII — Marriage by Purchase and by Servitude
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Primitive Polygamy
  10. 10Chapter IX — Polygamy of Civilised People
  11. 11Chapter X — Prostitution and Concubinage
  12. 12Chapter XI — Primitive Monogamy
  13. 13Chapter XII — Hebrew and Aryan Monogamy
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Adultery
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Repudiation and Divorce
  16. 16Chapter XV — Widowhood and the Levirate
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Familial Clan in Australia and America
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Familial Clan and Its Evolution
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Maternal Family
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Family in Civilised Countries
  21. 21Chapter XX — Marriage and the Family in the Past, the Present, and…

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