Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. PROLOGUE. “An Awful Stretcher” xvii
7. PART ONE. Beauty, Brotherhood, and Breeding: The Origins of Sexual Selection
8. ONE. The Ugly Brother 1
9. TWO. Good Wives 35
10. THREE. “Bliss Botanic” and “Cocks Heroic”: Two Darwins in the “Temple of Nature” 62
11. FOUR. Beauty Cuts the Knot 91
12. FIVE. Reading the Face of Race 126
13. SIX. Good Breeding: The Art of Mating 159
14. SEVEN. “Better Than a Dog Anyhow” 189
15. EIGHT. Flirting with Fashion 221
16. NINE. Development Matters 258
17. PART TWO. “For Beauty’s Sake”: The Making of Sexual Selection
18. TEN. Critical Years: From Pigeons to People 291
19. ELEVEN. Putting Female Choice in (Proper) Place 331
20. TWELVE. The Battle for Beauty: Wallace versus Darwin 370
21. THIRTEEN. Writing the Descent: From Bird’s- Eye View to Masterful Breeder 417
22. FOURTEEN. The Post- Descent Years: Sexual Selection in Crisis, Female Choice at Large 466
23. EPILOGUE. Last Words 517
24. Notes 537
25. Bibliography 601
26. Index 635