An edition of Anatomy of love (2016)

Anatomy of love

a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray

Completely revised and updated.
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An edition of Anatomy of love (2016)

Anatomy of love

a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray

Completely revised and updated.
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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.

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450

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Anatomy of love: a natural history of mating, marriage, and why we stray
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Revised edition of the author's Anatomy of love: the natural history of monogamy, adultery, and divorce, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-426) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.3
Library of Congress
HQ728 .F454 2016, HQ728.F454 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 450 pages
Number of pages
450

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27200324M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0393285227
ISBN 13
9780393285222
LCCN
2015037510
OCLC/WorldCat
929863086

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Work ID
OL20020263W

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