该书迥异于达尔文的“物竞天择”的生存观，其理论价值独特，世界影响巨大，是人类学、社会学之经典，至今仍具有不可替代之作用。
导读
Preface to the 1914 Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1 Mutual Aid Among Animals
Chapter 2 Mutual Aid Among Animals (continued)
Chapter 3 Mutual Aid Among Savages
Chapter 4 Mutual Aid Among the Barbarians
Chapter 5 Mutual Aid in the Mediaeval City
Chapter 6 Mutual Aid in the Mediaeval City (continued)
Chapter 7 Mutual Aid AMongst Ourselves
Chapter 8 Mutual Aid AMongst Ourselves
Conclusion
Appendix A
I. Swarms of Butterflies, Dragon-flies, etc.
II. The Ants
III. Nesting Associations
IV. Sociability of Animals
V. Checks to Over-multiplication
VI. Adaptations to Avoid Competition
VII. The Origin of the Family
VIII. Destruction of Private Property on the Grave
IX. The "Undivided Family"
X. The Origin of the Guilds
XI. The Market and the Mediaeval City
XII. Mutual-aid Arrangements in the Villages of Netherlands at the Present Day
