{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-sexes-9780691159720","title":"The War of the Sexes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Drawing on biology, sociology, anthropology, and economics, this title shows that conflict between the sexes is, paradoxically, the product of cooperation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2013 \"[A] witty, informative and cogent new book.\"--Jonathan Ree, Guardian \"Seabright zooms out and across history in an accessible mix of scholarly prose and chatty anecdote to explain why inequalities and disagreements persist beyond potty-training... Turning to today, Seabright investigates everything from the effects of technology on gender-bias, to the various benefits of tallness, talent, and charm in the workplace.\"--PublishersWeekly.com \"Throughout the book, Seabright is terrific company--entertaining and convincing.\"--John Whitfield, Nature \"Right off the bat, I can say that this book should not be collecting dust on your shelf... [I]s War of the Sexes a challenging and interesting read? Undoubtedly so.\"--Sander Van Der Linden, LSE Politics and Policy blog \"The War of the Sexes is a fascinating read. I love its interdisciplinarity.\"--Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist \"Seabright, an economist familiar with evolutionary modelling, synthesises several disciplines in asking what our evolutionary heritage teaches us about men's and women's rights and roles in the modern labour market. Judicious in bringing Darwinism to bear on contemporary mores, he avoids the vulgar reductionism that often plagues this kind of popular science.\"--Camilla Power, Times Higher Education \"Seabright is unusual among economists in being a thoroughgoing Darwinian, and in this fascinating book he takes an evolutionary perspective to explore why there are still inequalities in economic power between men and women.\"--Jon Wainwright, Skeptic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix      Part One Prehistory  Chapter 1: Introduction 3  Chapter 2: Sex and Salesmanship 27  Chapter 3: Seduction and the Emotions 40  Chapter 4: Social Primates 60      Part Two Today  Chapter 5: Testing for Talent 93  Chapter 6: What Do Women Want? 111  Chapter 7: Coalitions of the Willing 126  Chapter 8: The Scarcity of Charm 141  Chapter 9: The Tender War 157      Notes 183  References 211  Index 233","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403801665879,"sku":"9780691159720","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691159720.jpg?v=1730484587","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-sexes-9780691159720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}