The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family is a collection of anthropological essays by Charles Letourneau. It considers courtship, marriage, and family forms among animals and across human societies, from early customs to historical examples. It is worth listening to for its broad comparative outlook and its place in the development of social anthropology.
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THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES. EDITED BY HAVELOCK ELLIS. EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
THE EVOLUTION
OF MARRIAGE
AND OF THE FAMILY
BY
CH. LETOURNEAU,
General Secretary to the Anthropological Society of Paris, and Professor in the School of
Anthropology.
LONDON
WALTER SCOTT, 24 WARWICK LANE
PATERNOSTER ROW
1891.
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Tƒŧ BƗLjƯLjƄƗŕĵƯ OǡƗƄƗƿ Ljż MĵǡǡƗĵƄŧ PAGE 1-19 I. The True Place of Man in the Animal Kingdom. II. Reproduction. III. Rut and Love. IV. Love of Animals. CHAPTER II. MĵǡǡƗĵƄŧ ĵƿŠ ǵƒŧ FĵƽƗƯΏ ĵƽLjƿƄǪǵ AƿƗƽĵƯǪ 20-36 I. The Preservation of Species. II. Marriage and the Rearing of the Young among Animals. III. The Family amongst Animals. CHAPTER III. PǡLjƽƗǪŕǼƗǵΏ 37-55 I. Has there been a Stage of Promiscuity? II. Cases of Human Promiscuity. III. Hetaïrism. CHAPTER IV. SLjƽŧ SƗƿƄǼƯĵǡ FLjǡƽǪ Ljż SŧΎǼĵƯ AǪǪLjŕƗĵǵƗLjƿ 56-72 I. Primitive Sexual Immorality. II. Some Strange Forms of Marriage. CHAPTER V. PLjƯΏĵƿŠǡΏ 73-88 I. Sexual Proportion of Births: its Influence on Marriage. II. Ethnography of Polyandry. III. Polyandry in Ancient Arabia. IV. Polyandry in General. CHAPTER VI. MĵǡǡƗĵƄŧ œΏ CĵǙǵǼǡŧ 89-104 I. Rape. II. Marriage by Capture.
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