Table of Contents
Introduction: Monogamy and Its Discontents 1
Part I The Search for Origins 9
Chapter 1 Where Did the Family Come From? 11
Chapter 2 The Primate Inheritance 21
Chapter 3 Chimp Sexual Communism 31
Chapter 4 The Alpha Couple and the Primal Horde 39
Part II The Emergence of Humanity 45
Chapter 5 Why We Didn't Remain Chimpanzees 47
Chapter 6 Hunter-Gatherer Monogamy 55
Chapter 7 The End of Hunter-Gatherer Monogamy 63
Chapter 8 Herding and Horticulture: The Two Roads to Polygamy 77
Part III The Ancient World 85
Chapter 9 Marriage at the Dawn of Civilization 87
Chapter 10 Egyptian and Hebrew Beginnings 95
Chapter 11 The Iliad and The Odyssey 103
Chapter 12 Greece and the Birth of Monogamous Society 111
Chapter 13 The Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Rome 119
Chapter 14 Christianity, Droit du Seigneur, and the Virtuous Woman 127
Chapter 15 The French Revolution and the End of Aristocracy 133
Chapter 16 The Victorian Era and the Triumph of Marriage 143
Chapter 17 Mormonism: A Nineteenth Century Dissent from Monogamy 153
Part IV The Non-Western World 167
Chapter 18 Nomadic Warriors and Islam 169
Chapter 19 Marriage in India 181
Chapter 20 Marriage in China 193
Part V Modern Questions 203
Chapter 21 The Black Family and the Emergence of Single Motherhood 205
Chapter 22 What Is Happening to the Family Today? 215
Chapter 23 What Do Women Want? 235
Chapter 24 What Marriage Means for Civilization 235
Acknowledgments 239
Bibliography 243
Index 375
