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E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
THE HISTORY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY ALFRED R. WALLACE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ON THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE
CHAPTER II A HUMAN PAIRING SEASON IN PRIMITIVE TIMES
CHAPTER III THE ANTIQUITY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER IV A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
CHAPTER V A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
CHAPTER VI A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
CHAPTER VII MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY
CHAPTER VIII THE COURTSHIP OF MAN
CHAPTER IX MEANS OF ATTRACTION
CHAPTER X THE LIBERTY OF CHOICE.
CHAPTER XI SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG ANIMALS
CHAPTER XII THE SEXUAL SELECTION OF MAN: TYPICAL BEAUTY
CHAPTER XIII THE LAW OF SIMILARITY
CHAPTER XIV PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN KINDRED
CHAPTER XV PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN KINDRED
CHAPTER XVI SEXUAL SELECTION AS INFLUENCED BY AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY, AND BY CALCULATION
CHAPTER XVII MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE AND MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE
CHAPTER XVIII THE DECAY OF MARRIAGE BY PURCHASE. THE MARRIAGE PORTION
CHAPTER XIX MARRIAGE CEREMONIES AND RITES
CHAPTER XX THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXI THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXII THE FORMS OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXIII THE DURATION OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXIV SUMMARY
AUTHORITIES QUOTED.
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber’s Note
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