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  • John Millar, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
  • Front Matter
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Details
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction, p. ix
  • A Note on the Text, p. xxi
  • Acknowledgments, p. xxiii
  • Original Title Page
  • To John Young, Esquire, p. 3
  • Table of Contents, p. 5
  • Account of the Life and Writings of John Millar, Esq., p. 7
  • Introduction, p. 83
  • Chapter I. Of the Rank and Condition of Women in Different Ages
  • Sect. 1. The effects of poverty and barbarism, with respect to the condition of women, p. 93
  • Sect. 2. The influence acquired by the mother of a family before marriage is completely established, p. 116 Sect. 3. The refinement of the passions of Sex, in the Pastoral Ages, p. 123
  • Sect. 4. The consequences of the introduction of Agriculture, with respect to the intercourse of the Sexes, p. 130
  • Sect. 5. Changes in the condition of women, arising from the improvement of useful Arts and Manufactures, p. 143
  • Sect. 6. The effects of great opulence, and the culture of the elegant arts, upon the relative condition of the sexes, p. 150
  • Chapter II. Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of A Father Over His Children Sect. 1. The pwoer of a father in early ages, p. 157
  • Sect. 2. The influence of the improvement of arts upon the jurisdiction of the father, p. 169
  • Chapter III. The Authority of a Chief Over the Members of a Tribe or Village
  • Sect. 1. The origin of a chief, and the degrees of influence which he is enabled to acquire, p. 177
  • Sect. 2. The powers with which the chief of a rude tribe is commonly invested, p. 190
  • Chapter IV. The Authority of a Soverign, and of Subordinate Officers, over a Society Composed of Different Tribes or Villages Sect. 1. The constitution of government arising from the union of different tribes or villages, p. 2012
  • Sect. 2. The natural progress of government in a rude kingdom, p. 213
  • Chapter V. The Changes Produced in the Government of a People, by Their Progress in Arts, and in Polished Manners
  • Sect. 1. Circumstances, in a polished nation, which tend to increase the power of the sovereign, p. 229
  • Sect. 2. Other circumstances, which contribute to advance the privileges of the people, p. 236 Sect. 3. Result of the opposition between these different principles, p. 240
  • Chapter VI. The Authority of a Master over his Servants
  • Sect. 1. The condition of Servants in the primitive ages of the world, p. 244
  • Sect. 2. The usual effects of opulence and civilized manners, with regard to the treatment of Servants, p. 249
  • Sect. 3. Causes of the freedom acquired by the labouring people in the modern nations of Europe, p. 257