TABLE OF CONTENTS
Epigraph xvii
Introduction xix
ι. The Eye of the Needle ι
Liberation 2
Damnation 4
Patriarchal Feudalism 5
The Growth of Markets 7
Patriarchal Ideology 8
Markets and Mentalites 11
Regulation 13
2.
The Springs of Desire 18The Commonwealth of Fathers 19
Patriarchy Defended 21
Patriarchy Modified 22
A Supremacy to Themselves 25
(Reproduction 27
Sexual Efficiency 29
Contractual Power 30
3. Defining Virtues 35
The Ancient Regime 36
Age and Gender, Love and Sex 38
The Rebellion of the Harem 39
The Climate of Reason 41
Self, Love, God, and Nature 43
Commerce and Virtue 44
Human Nature 45
4. Free Trade but Not Free Love 49
Humanism 50
Selfishness Celebrated 51
Sexual Regulation 54
Love Thyself 55
The Butcher, the Baker, and the Wife 58
The Balance 61
5. The Limits of Affection 67
Sweet Commerce 68
The Fraternal Compromise 70
Slavery and Evil 72
Feminism and Abolition 75
Observers from Abroad 77
Democracy in America 78
6. The Perfectibility of Man 84
Progress? 85
Of Bread and Cake 88
Interests and the Revolution 89
Malevolence Theorized 93
Timid Egoism 95
7. The Greatest Happiness 99
Chivalry versus Calculation 100
The Vindication 101
Godwin's Enquiry 103
The Greatest Good 105
Gendered Virtues 108
8. Self-love, Triumphant in
Poor Relief 112
The Essay on Population 113
Against Benevolence 116
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| The Improper Arts | 117 |
| Malthus and Women | 120 |
| Enlightenment Redux | 121 |
| Production and Reproduction | i25 |
| Patriarchal Capitalism | 126 |
| The Rise of Individual Occupations | 128 |
| The Labor Theory of Value | 130 |
| Child Labor and the Poor Laws | 132 |
| Fertility and Out-of-Wedlock Births | 134 |
| The Wages of Virtue | i35 |
| Family Disruptions | 138 |
| Whose Wealth? | i43 |
| Wealth Demoralized | 144 |
| The Limits to Growth | i45 |
| Collective Interests | 147 |
| The Corn Laws | i49 |
| Free Trade | i50 |
| Protectionism | i52 |
| Selfish Classes | i54 |
| The Social Family | i58 |
| The Social Father | i59 |
| The Great Dream | i6i |
| Class and Gender | i63 |
| Owen's Economics | 164 |
| The Appeal of One-Half the Human Race | 165 |
| Feminist Socialism | 167 |
| Utopian and Scientific | 169 |
| Equal Opportunities | i74 |
| Napoleonic Code | i75 |
| Secular Humanism | 176 |
| The Sexual Radicals | 177 |
| Le Tribune des Femmes | i79 |
| The Calculus of Harmony | 180 |
| The Sexual Welfare State | 182 |
Brook Farm 184
Crazy Attempts 186
13. The Subjection of Women 190
The Partnership 191
The Subjection of Women 195
Political Activism 198
A Fundamental Question 201
14.
Declaring Independence 205Peculiar Institutions 206
Equality and Difference 208
Collective Interests 211
The Economic Significance of Family Work 212
Divorce and Reproductive Rights 214
Balancing Acts 217
15. The Icy Waters 222
Revolutions 223
Scientific Self-Interest 225
The Holy Family 226
The Response to Bebel 227
Bebel and Social Democracy 229
The Survival of the Altruistic 230
The Free Development of All 232
16. The Sacred Sphere 235
Domestic Advice 236
The Meaning of Motherhood 238
Neoclassical Altruism 239
Women's Duties 243
Virtue and Consequences 247
17. The Unproductive Housewife 251
Counting Workers 252
The U.S. and Massachusetts Censuses 253
A Double Bind 256
Home Economics and Household Production 258
National Income and the Value of Labor Services 260
The Meaning of the Adjectives 263
18. The Nanny State 268
Fear of Fertility Decline 269
The Family Wage 270
The Fabians 271
The Endowment of Motherhood 274
Minimum Wages for Women in the U.S. 276
Birth Control 278
Sleeping Beauty Awakes 279
The Glorious Unfolding 281
Public Support and Reproductive Rights 282
19. Human Capitalism 287
Social Welfare 288
The Opposite Reaction 290
Everyone a Capitalist 293
Capitalizing Humans 295
The Altruistic Family 297
Families, Gender Inequality, and the State 299
The Third Realm 301
20. Beyond Economic Man 305
The Waves 306
Feminist Economics 307
Motivations 308
Markets and Non-Markets 310
The Costs of Care 311
Gender Norms 312
Fairness, Reciprocity, and Care 315
Gross National Happiness 316
Rational and Caring People 318
Conclusion 324
Bibliography 329
Index 373