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Contents of the Book

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3.Early Marriage Mores	915
4.Marriage Under the Property Mores	917
5.Endogamy and Exogamy	918
6.Racial Mixtures	919

83.The Marriage Institution	922
1.Marriage as a Societal Institution	922
2.Courtship and Betrothal	923
3.Purchase and Dowry	923
4.The Wedding Ceremony	924
5.Plural Marriages	925
6.True Monogamy—Pair Marriage	927
7.The Dissolution of Wedlock	928
8.The Idealization of Marriage	929

84.Marriage and Family Life	931
1.Primitive Pair Associations	931
2.The Early Mother-Family	932
3.The Family Under Father Dominance	933
4.Woman's Status in Early Society	935
5.Woman Under the Developing Mores	936
6.The Partnership of Man and Woman	938
7.The Ideals of Family Life	939
8.Dangers of Self-Gratification	942

85.The Origins of Worship	944
1.Worship of Stones and Hills	944
2.Worship of Plants and Tress	945
3.The Worship of Animals	946
4.Worship of the Elements	946
5.Worship of the Heavenly Bodies	947
6.Worship of Man	948
7.The Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom	948

86.Early Evolution of Religion	950
1.Chance: Good Luck and Bad Luck	950
2.The Personification of Chance	951
3.Death—The Inexplicable	952
4.The Death-Survival Concept	952
5.The Ghost-Soul Concept	953
6.The Ghost-Spirit Environment	955
7.The Function of Primitive Religion	956