Short History of Human Marriage 1926
, by Westermarck, EdwardNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780766141865 | 0766141861
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/1/2003
1926. This work discusses marriage as a social institution, in the strict sense of the term. Contents: origin of marriage; frequency of marriage and the marriage age; endogamy; exogamy; marriage by capture; consent as a condition of marriage; marriage by consideration and by the exchange of presents, gifts to the bride and to the bridegroom; marriage rites; monogamy and polygamy; polyandry and group marriage; and duration of marriage and the right to dissolve it.