| Edition |
Completely revised and updated. |
| Description |
xii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Revised edition of the author's Anatomy of love: the natural history of monogamy, adultery, and divorce, 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-426) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : Here's to love -- Games people play: courting -- Why him? why her?: the drive to love and who we choose -- Is monogamy natural?: Of human bonding ... and cheating -- Why adultery?: The nature of philandering -- Blueprint for divorce: the three- to four-year itch -- "When wild in woods the noble savage ran": life in the trees -- Out of Eden: on the origin of monogamy and desertion -- The tyranny of love: evolution of attachment and love addictions -- Dressed to impress: nature's lures for seduction -- Men and women are like two feet: they need each other to get ahead: gender differences in mind -- Women, men, and power: the nature of sexual politics -- Almost human: genesis of kinship and the teenager -- The first affluent society: "that short but imperious word, 'ought'" -- Fickle passion: romance in yesteryears -- "Till death us do part": birth of sexual double standards -- Future sex: slow love and forward to the past. |
| Summary |
Updated to include the latest research on anthropology and internet-age relationships, a revised edition of a classic reference examines the brain's role in love and courtship while making recommendations for returning to traditional patterns of romance. By the author of Why We Love. --Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Marriage.
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Adultery.
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Divorce.
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Sex customs.
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Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
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Divorce. (OCoLC)fst00895809
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Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
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Sex customs. (OCoLC)fst01114306
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| ISBN |
9780393285222 (hardcover) |
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0393285227 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
40025768763 |
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