Forbidden relatives : the American myth of cousin marriage /
Martin Ottenheimer.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.
- 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and index.
U.S. laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- The reasons for U.S. laws against first cousin marriage -- European laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- European views of cousin marriage -- The evolutionary factor -- Biogenetics and first cousin marriage -- Culture and cousin marriage.