The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study

It is undoubtedly one of the most valuable discoveries arrived at by modern sociological science that each institution varies in accordance with the social environment in which...

Consideration may first here be given to the cares and benefits a child receives from its mother during the first few years of its infancy. These facts constitute a very strong...

The next point in our investigation is the sexual aspect of the Australian marriage. Unfortunately it will not be much easier to draw a decisive inference from the evidence in t...

The three points hitherto discussed refer more exclusively to the relationship between husband and wife, and do not involve that between parents and children. They bear more on...

In accordance with what has been said above, let us accept at the outset a general definition, along the lines of which our investigations will be carried out. My choice for thi...

The aim of the foregoing pages was to give a correct description of the Australian individual family.[958] The chief practical difficulties lay in the methodological treatment o...

The problem of the social forms of family life still presents some obscurities. What appears to be most urgently needed is a careful investigation of facts in all the different...

It may be said that marriage in either of its forms makes the woman the property of her husband. We must, of course, carefully define the word "property." This we shall do by an...

Now we proceed to pass in survey the economic facts connected with family life in Australia. As we are dealing with the individual family, the first question that naturally pres...

Importance of adapting sociological concepts to those social conditions to which they are applied, exemplified on the concept of kinship (pp. 168, 169).--Necessity of giving a d...

Some contradictions and obscurities concerning family and kinship in Australia (pp. 1-6).--Necessity of a careful and detailed description of all the features of the _individual...

Statements (pp. 238-249).--Affirmation of a close tie of affection and devotion between parents and children (pp. 249, 250).--Illustrations drawn from concrete facts (pp. 250, 2...

Prof. Westermarck's definition of marriage and family accepted at the outset as starting-point (pp. 34, 35).--Inquiry first directed towards the legal aspect of marriage and ide...

Terminology (pp. 134, 135).--Statements (pp. 136-149).--Rough survey (pp. 149, 150).--The _territorial_ unit, the _local group_ a body of people possessing in common a tract of...

General character of the information on this subject indicated, and some controversy contained in this chapter justified (pp. 89-91).--Problem set forth (pp. 91, 92).--Statement...

Exposition of the problem (pp. 67, 68).--Statements (pp. 68-74).--Numerous contradictions extant on this subject. Some apparently trustworthy statements, affirming a very extens...

The individual family an economic unit (p. 274).--Statements (pp. 275-281).--Sexual division of labour a marked feature of Australian marriage (p. 281).--The woman's share of wo...