Book contents
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 63
- Series editors
- Consanguinity in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- 1 Consanguineous marriage, past and present
- 2 Religious attitudes and rulings on consanguineous marriage
- 3 Civil legislation on consanguineous and affinal marriage
- 4 Consanguinity: the scientific and medical debates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- 5 Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of consanguineous marriage
- 6 A population genetics perspective on consanguinity
- 7 Consanguinity and reproductive behaviour
- 8 Consanguinity and metrical traits at birth and in childhood
- 9 Consanguinity and pre-reproductive mortality
- 10 Consanguinity and morbidity in early life
- 11 Consanguinity and disorders of adulthood
- 12 Incest
- 13 Genetic screening, education and counselling in consanguineous marriage
- 14 Whither consanguineous marriage?
- 15 Consanguinity in context
- References
- Index
4 - Consanguinity: the scientific and medical debates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology 63
- Series editors
- Consanguinity in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- 1 Consanguineous marriage, past and present
- 2 Religious attitudes and rulings on consanguineous marriage
- 3 Civil legislation on consanguineous and affinal marriage
- 4 Consanguinity: the scientific and medical debates of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- 5 Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of consanguineous marriage
- 6 A population genetics perspective on consanguinity
- 7 Consanguinity and reproductive behaviour
- 8 Consanguinity and metrical traits at birth and in childhood
- 9 Consanguinity and pre-reproductive mortality
- 10 Consanguinity and morbidity in early life
- 11 Consanguinity and disorders of adulthood
- 12 Incest
- 13 Genetic screening, education and counselling in consanguineous marriage
- 14 Whither consanguineous marriage?
- 15 Consanguinity in context
- References
- Index
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- Consanguinity in Context , pp. 40 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012