A HISTORY OF MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS
A HISTORY OF MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS
CHIEFLY IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
BY
GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD PH.D.
PROFESSORIAL LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AUTHOR OF "LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES"
VOLUME THREE
CHICAGO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CALLAGHAN & COMPANY
LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1904
COPYRIGHT 1904 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Entered at Stationers' Hall
MAY, 1904
TO
Alice Frost Howard
HER HUSBAND DEDICATES THIS BOOK IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER AID IN MAKING IT
ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
PART I
ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS
PAGES
CHAPTER I. THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY 3-32
I. Statement of the Theory 9-13
II. Criticism of the Theory by Spencer and McLennan 14-17
III. The Theory in the Light of Recent Research 18-32
CHAPTER II. THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT 33-89
I. Bachofen and His Disciples 39-65
II. Morgan's Constructive Theory 65-76
III. McLennan's Constructive Theory 77-89
CHAPTER III. THEORY OF THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR MONOGAMOUS FAMILY 89-151
I. The Problem of Promiscuity 90-110
II. The Problem of Mother-Right 110-117
III. The Problem of Exogamy 117-132
IV. The Problem of the Successive Forms of the Family 132-151