| Description |
xxxiii, 669 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9780226436906 hardback : alkaline paper |
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022643690X hardback : alkaline paper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-633) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: "an awful stretcher" -- Beauty, brotherhood, and breeding: the origins of sexual selection. The ugly brother -- Good wives -- "Bliss botanic" and "cocks heroic": two Darwins in the "temple of nature" -- Beauty cuts the knot -- Reading the face of race -- Good breeding: the art of mating -- "Better than a dog anyhow" -- Flirting with fashion -- Development matters -- "For beauty's sake": the making of sexual selection. Critical years: from pigeons to people -- Putting female choice in (proper) place -- The battle for beauty: Wallace versus Darwin -- Writing the Descent: from bird's-eye view to masterful breeder -- The post-Descent years: sexual selection in crisis, female choice at large -- Epilogue: last words. |
| Library Class |
Biology R50
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| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Sexual selection -- History.
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