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The history of human marriage

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The history of human marriage

Edward Westermarck and Alfred Russel Wallace

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Edward Westermarck spent decades asking how marriage began, and his answer reshaped anthropology: the family is older than promiscuity, not the reverse. This monumental study surveys pairing seasons, the antiquity of marriage and courtship across the world's societies. The work that made his name and grounded the famous Westermarck effect. A cornerstone of the science of the family.

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35 chapters

  1. 1THE HISTORY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  2. 2INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY ALFRED R. WALLACE
  3. 3PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  4. 4PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  5. 5PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
  6. 6CONTENTS
  7. 7INTRODUCTION ON THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
  8. 8CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE
  9. 9CHAPTER II A HUMAN PAIRING SEASON IN PRIMITIVE TIMES
  10. 10CHAPTER III THE ANTIQUITY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE
  11. 11CHAPTER IV A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  12. 12CHAPTER V A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  13. 13CHAPTER VI A CRITICISM OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF PROMISCUITY
  14. 14CHAPTER VII MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY
  15. 15CHAPTER VIII THE COURTSHIP OF MAN
  16. 16CHAPTER IX MEANS OF ATTRACTION
  17. 17CHAPTER X THE LIBERTY OF CHOICE.
  18. 18CHAPTER XI SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG ANIMALS

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