The truth about Cinderella : a Darwinian view of parental love / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson.
The truth about Cinderella : a Darwinian view of parental love / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson.
The truth about Cinderella : a Darwinian view of parental love / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N306.874/70
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Language
English
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Physical content
68 p. ; 19 cm.
Contents
1. Folk Tales -- 2. Behaving Like Animals -- 3. Human Stepfamilies -- 4. The Truth about Cinderella -- 5. Parental Priorities -- 6. Cinderella Denied -- 7. Living in Step.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"A child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say two scientists in this startling book. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson show that the mistreatment to stepchildren, long a staple of folktales, has a solid basis in fact. Daly and Wilson apply the perspective of evolutionary psychology to inve...
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The truth about Cinderella : a Darwinian view of parental love / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson.
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Darwinism today.
Originally published: London : Weidenfelt & Nicolson, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).
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N306.874/70
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74VvGqp8RQ4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGqp8RQ4b
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ISBN
0300080298 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300080292 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
306.874
MMS ID
991012511269702626
