Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Translator Notes; Preface; I. Introduction; II. Associations; III. Reproduction Among Solitary Animals; IV. Social Instincts In Solitary Animals; V. Special Animal Sociology : Societies; A. Species in Which Every Normal Individual Becomes Capable of Reproduction; 1. Reproduction; a1. Relations to the Other Sex; b1. The Emission in Common of the Sex Substances by the Collected Individuals; b2. Individual Sexual Relations; c1. Promiscuity as a General Rule; c2. Mateships; d1. Seasonal Mateships; e1. Solitary Seasonal Mateships; f1. Monogamy., F2. Polygynyf3. Polyandry; e2. Seasonal Mateships within the Herd; f1. Monogamy; f2. Polygyny; d2. Permanent Mateships; e1. Solitary Permanent Mateships; f1. Monogamy; f2. Polygyny; e2. Permanent Mateships within a Herd; f1. Monogamy; f2. Polygyny; a2. Relations between Parents and Offspring: Families; b1. Parent Families; b2. Father Families; b3. Mother Families; b4. Child Families; a3. The Behaviour of Animals Debarred from Breeding; 2. The Behaviour of Seasonally Reproductive Species outside Breeding Time; a1. Cases in which the Sexes Live Together; a2. Cases in which the Sexes Live Apart., A3. Societies composed of Different SpeciesVI. Special Animal Sociology; B. Insect States; 1. Rudimentary States : Humble Bees; 2. Bees; 3. Ants; 4. Termites; VII. General Animal Sociology; A. The Society or The Community; 1. Closed Societies; 2. The Open Society; a. The Organized Open Society; b. The Unorganized Open Society; VIII. General Animal Sociology; B. Mutual Help and Mutual Harm; C. The Collective Mind; D. Courtship and Dancing; E. Play; F. Uttering Sounds in Chorus; G. Property, Provisions; IX. General Animal Sociology; H. Mutual Understanding and Imitation., and I. Pure Instinct, Habit, and TraditionJ. Domestication; X. Human Sociology from a Biological Standpoint; Bibliography; Index.
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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
