1 Charles
Darwin and Thomas Malthus
2 The
importance of Malthusian marriage
3 The
Malthusian marriage system and its origins
II
THE VALUE OF CHILDREN
4 The benefits
and costs of children
5 Setting
up a separate economic and social unit
6 Children
as insurance
III
THE PURPOSES OF MARRIAGE
7 Who controls
the marriage decision?
8 The purposes
of marriage
9 Romantic
love
IV
THE RULES OF MARRIAGE
10 The
duration and durability of marriage
11 Status
rules concerning marriage
12 Economic
arrangements at marriage
13 Courtship
and wedding
V CONCLUSIONS
14 The
Malthusian marriage system in perspective