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Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Paperback by Engels, Fr.... Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Paperback by Engels, Friedrich; Doyle, Jennifer (FRW); Leacock, Eleanor Burke (INT); West, Alick (TRN), ISBN 1839761512, ISBN-13 9781839761515, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Friedrich Engels explores the interrelated development of the family and the state from the ancient world to the Victorian era. Drawing on the anthropological theories of his time, Engels argues that class-based societies overthrew their matriarchal predecessors, replacing a communal, polygamous culture with one that was monogamous and property-bound"-- Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Paperback by Engels, Friedrich; Doyle, Jennifer (FRW); Leacock, Eleanor Burke (INT); West, Alick (TRN), ISBN 1839761512, ISBN-13 9781839761515, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Friedrich Engels explores the interrelated development of the family and the state from the ancient world to the Victorian era. Drawing on the anthropological theories of his time, Engels argues that class-based societies overthrew their matriarchal predecessors, replacing a communal, polygamous culture with one that was monogamous and property-bound"--