1. Gender, Reproduction, and Kinship. 2. The Evolution of Kinship and Gender. 3. The Power of Patrilines. 4. Through the Mother. 5. Double, Bilateral, and Cognatic Descent. 6. Marriage. 7. A History of Euro-American Kinship and Gender. 8. Kinship, Gender, and Contemporary Social Issues. 9. Kinship, Gender, and the New Reproductive Technologies. 10. The Globalization of Kinship. Glossary. Appendix.