History of Marriage Systems

Name: History of Marriage Systems
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ISBN: 9780313260100

ISBN-10: 0313260109

ISBN-13: 9780313260100

Edition: 1988

Authors: Gladys Robina Quale-Leach

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This is the first general worldwide history of marriage systems. Though it is comprehensive, it also uses contemporary American trends to illustrate broader tendencies in significant and sometimes dramatic ways. After going back to the earliest generations of human life to seek the roots of why and how human beings came to marry, it explores the various points in family life at which marriages are made, dissolved, and remade. It treats marriage systems as a basis for understanding how not only families, but whole societies operate. The functioning of a marriage system is perceived to be fully related to the overall economic and political situation within which families and individuals must…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 5/6/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 415
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Relationships Among Marriage Rules, Kinship Rules, and Socioeconomic Conditions


A Hypothesis of the Spiral-like Development of Marriage Systems Practical Realities


The Functions of Incest Taboos, Social Replacement


Considerations, and Ages at Marriage and Death, in the Development of Marriage Systems


From Consortship to Marriage: Some Hypotheses Concerning Early Marriage Patterns, Based on Hunter-Gatherer and Primate Life Marriage in the Transition to Agriculture and Pastoral Herding


General Considerations and Early Developments Marriage in Agricultural Societies: From Early Mesopotamia to Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific Marriage in Pastoral-Herding Societies Marriage in Commercializing and Urbanizing Societies


Background and General Considerations Marriage in Commercializing and Urbanizing Societies


The Europe-Middle East-Asia Realm Marriage in Industrial-Commercial Societies


Background and General Considerations Marriage in Industrial-Commercial Societies


Europe Marriage in Societies Moving Toward Industrialization and Commercialization


The Middle East, Asia, and Africa Marriage in Industrial-Commercial Societies


The Western Hemisphere and the Pacific


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index