| PART I | | THE PRIMITIVE FAMILY | | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I | INTRODUCTORY | 11 | | II | AN EXPOSITION OF BACHOFEN’S THEORY OF THE MATRIARCHATE | 26 | | III | DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS: AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE MOTHER-RIGHT WITH THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY | 45 | | IV | DEVELOPMENT IN THE PATRIARCHAL FAMILY AND THE RISE OF MOTHER-POWER | 67 | | PART II | | THE MOTHER AGE CIVILISATION | | V | THE MATRIARCHAL FAMILY AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS | 95 | | VI | THE MATERNAL FAMILY AMONG THE KHASIS | 132 | | VII | FURTHER EXAMPLES OF THE MATERNAL FAMILY | 147 | | VIII | MOTHER-RIGHT CUSTOMS AND THE TRANSITION TO FATHER-RIGHT | 166 | | IX | WOMEN AND PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY | 192 | | X | TRACES OF MOTHER-RIGHT CUSTOMS IN ANCIENT AND MODERN CIVILISATION | 209 | | XI | THE SURVIVALS OF MOTHER-RIGHT IN FOLK-LORE, IN HEROIC LEGENDS, AND IN FAIRY STORIES | 235 | | XII | CONCLUDING REMARKS | 253 |
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