The folly of ignoring human nature -- To remake the world -- Rise of monogamy, fall of tribalism -- Evolution has shaped the human mind -- The evolutionary structure of human nature -- Institutions, the sinews of society -- Politics of the First Societies-- How states develop and attain wealth -- Sexual strategies and differences -- Undermining the family -- The state and inequality -- The genetics of political attitudes -- Social glues and the nation state -- The nation state and the United States -- Restraining warfare -- The politics of human nature

"An analysis of the ways that evolution explains why societies succeed and fail"-- Provided by publisher