John Millar, The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents -- Introduction, p. ix -- A Note on the Text, p. xxi -- Acknowledgments, p. xxiii -- The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks -- Original Title Page -- To John Young, Esquire, p. 3 -- Table of Contents, p. 5 -- Account of the Life and Writings of John Millar, Esq., p. 7 -- Introduction, p. 83 -- Chapter I. Of the Rank and Condition of Women in Different Ages -- Sect. 1. The effects of poverty and barbarism, with respect to the condition of women, p. 93 -- Sect. 2. The influence acquired by the mother of a family before marriage is completely established, p. 116 -- Sect. 3. The refinement of the passions of Sex, in the Pastoral Ages, p. 123 -- Sect. 4. The consequences of the introduction of Agriculture, with respect to the intercourse of the Sexes, p. 130 -- Sect. 5. Changes in the condition of women, arising from the improvement of useful Arts and Manufactures, p. 143 -- Sect. 6. The effects of great opulence, and the culture of the elegant arts, upon the relative condition of the sexes, p. 150 -- Chapter II. Of the Jurisdiction and Authority of A Father Over His Children -- Sect. 1. The pwoer of a father in early ages, p. 157 -- Sect. 2. The influence of the improvement of arts upon the jurisdiction of the father, p. 169 -- Chapter III. The Authority of a Chief Over the Members of a Tribe or Village -- Sect. 1. The origin of a chief, and the degrees of influence which he is enabled to acquire, p. 177 -- Sect. 2. The powers with which the chief of a rude tribe is commonly invested, p. 190 -- Chapter IV. The Authority of a Soverign, and of Subordinate Officers, over a Society Composed of Different Tribes or Villages -- Sect. 1. The constitution of government arising from the union of different tribes or villages, p. 2012.

Sect. 2. The natural progress of government in a rude kingdom, p. 213 -- Chapter V. The Changes Produced in the Government of a People, by Their Progress in Arts, and in Polished Manners -- Sect. 1. Circumstances, in a polished nation, which tend to increase the power of the sovereign, p. 229 -- Sect. 2. Other circumstances, which contribute to advance the privileges of the people, p. 236 -- Sect. 3. Result of the opposition between these different principles, p. 240 -- Chapter VI. The Authority of a Master over his Servants -- Sect. 1. The condition of Servants in the primitive ages of the world, p. 244 -- Sect. 2. The usual effects of opulence and civilized manners, with regard to the treatment of Servants, p. 249 -- Sect. 3. Causes of the freedom acquired by the labouring people in the modern nations of Europe, p. 257 -- Sect. 4. Political consequences of Slavery, p. 271 -- Appendix I. Note on the Editions, p. 281 -- Appendix 2. Millar's Preface to the First Edition, p. 284 -- Appendix 3. Millar's "Lectures on Government," p. 288 -- Bibliography, p. 291 -- Index, p. 299.