Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The evolution of the domestic economy: the hoe and the plough
- 2 The theory, the variables and a test
- 3 Making causal inferences
- 4 Farming, labour and sex
- 5 Concubines and co-wives: the structure of roles in Africa and Eurasia
- 6 Adoption in cross-cultural perspective
- 7 Strategies of heirship
- 8 Class and marriage
- 9 Retrospect
- Appendix 1 Tables
- Appendix 2 The probability of family distributions
- Notes
- References
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The evolution of the domestic economy: the hoe and the plough
- 2 The theory, the variables and a test
- 3 Making causal inferences
- 4 Farming, labour and sex
- 5 Concubines and co-wives: the structure of roles in Africa and Eurasia
- 6 Adoption in cross-cultural perspective
- 7 Strategies of heirship
- 8 Class and marriage
- 9 Retrospect
- Appendix 1 Tables
- Appendix 2 The probability of family distributions
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Production and ReproductionA Comparative Study of the Domestic Domain, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1977