
The Descent of Man
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This was a controversial work. Yet Darwin tried hard to avoid being branded as a radical revolutionary. He is steeped in Victorian sensibilities regarding gender and cultural differences: he sees human civilization as a move from barbarous savagery to modern gentlefolk, and women as more emotional and less intellectual than men, thus providing a biological basis for the social assumptions and prejudices of the day. The Descent of Man played a major role in the emergence of social Darwinism.
This complete version of the first edition gives the modern reader an unparalleled opportunity to engage directly with Darwin's proposals, launched in the midst of continuing controversy over On the Origin of Species.
Janet Browne is the author of the prize-winning biography, Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Further Reading
- Note on the text
- The Descent of Man
- Introduction
- Notes to the Introduction
- Part 1: The Descent or Origin of Man
- Chapter 1
- The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form
- Notes to Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
- Notes to Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals - continued.
- Notes to Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- On the Manner of Development of Man from some Lower Form.
- Notes to Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times.
- Notes to Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man
- Notes to Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- On the Races of Man
- Notes to Chapter 7
- Part 2: Sexual Selection
- Chapter 8
- Principles of Sexual Selection
- Notes to Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom
- Notes to Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects
- Notes to Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Insects, continued. - Order Lepidoptera
- Notes to Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Notes to Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds
- Notes to Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Birds - continued.
- Notes to Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Birds - continued.
- Notes to Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Birds - concluded.
- Rules or Classes of Cases.
- Summary of the Four Chapters on Birds.
- Notes to Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals
- Notes to Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Secondary Sexual Charactrs of Mammals - continued.
- Notes to Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Man
- Notes to Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Secondary Sexual Characters of Man - continued.
- Notes to Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- General Summary and Conclusion
- Notes to Chapter 21
- Appendix A: Preface to the Second Edition
- Appendix B: Postscript
- Index of Names
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