The History of Human Marriage
The second edition | |
| Author | Edvard Westermarck |
|---|---|
| Subject | Marriage |
Publication date | 1891 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 670 (2012 Forgotten Books edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1297574238 |
The History of Human Marriage is an 1891 book by the Finnish philosopher and anthropologist Edvard Westermarck that, in the three-volume 1922 edition, 'attempt(s) a grand synthesis ... an overview of the entire world history of the institution, ...'
The Finnish philosopher Jaakko Hintikka calls the work a monumental study and a classic in its field, but notes that it is now antiquated.