Project Gutenberg 2019-04-28 Public domain in the USA. 815 Westermarck, Edward 1862 1939 Westermarck, Edvard Alexander Wallace, Alfred Russel 1823 1913 Wallace, A. R. (Alfred Russel) Wallace, Russell Wallace, Alfred R. The history of human marriage Third edition Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Human_Marriage Introduction -- The origin of marriage -- A human pairing season in primitive times -- The antiquity of human marriage -- A criticism of the hypothesis of promiscuity -- Marriage and celibacy -- The courtship of man -- Means of attraction -- The liberty of choice -- Sexual selection among animals -- The sexual selection of man: typical beauty -- The law of similarity -- Prohibition of marriage between kindred -- Sexual selection as influenced by affection and sympathy, and by calculation -- Marriage by capture and marriage by purchase -- The decay of marriage by purchase; the marriage portion -- Marriage ceremonies and rites -- The forms of human marriage -- The duration of human marriage -- Summary. 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" by Edward Westermarck is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the origins and development of marriage through various anthropological and sociological perspectives, assessing its implications across different cultures and time periods. Westermarck aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of marriage as a fundamental social institution, challenging established notions from previous scholars. The opening of the book presents an introduction by Alfred R. Wallace, who highlights the philosophical rigor and comprehensive nature of Westermarck’s argument. Westermarck outlines his approach to investigating human marriage scientifically, emphasizing the importance of ethnography in understanding social phenomena beyond mere historical documentation. He critiques earlier theories about marriage derived from primitive customs, insisting on a careful examination of the sociological underpinnings that influence the evolution of marriage. The early chapters promise an exploration of marriage’s connection to parental care in the animal kingdom as well as its roots in human society, setting the stage for a detailed inquiry into the various forms and customs of marriage throughout history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Marriage -- History HQ Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Sociology 2771741 2025-07-23T13:04:20.520792 text/html 2606394 2019-04-28T17:12:28 text/html 860162 2025-07-23T13:05:06.165163 application/epub+zip 881800 2025-07-23T13:04:29.751735 application/epub+zip 878268 2025-07-23T13:04:24.852773 application/epub+zip 1699529 2025-07-23T13:05:31.041946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1635508 2025-07-23T13:05:00.792343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1632900 2022-09-26T23:09:17.769498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1705196 2025-07-23T13:04:13.283840 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1705159 2020-06-15T04:04:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20255 2025-07-23T13:05:31.249929 application/rdf+xml 14496 2025-07-23T13:04:25.498745 image/jpeg 1422 2025-07-23T13:04:25.184737 image/jpeg 573556 2020-06-15T04:04:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 758059 2019-04-28T17:14:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 762635 2025-07-23T13:04:20.678783 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia