Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures

Name: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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By Marvin Harris

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In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished American anthropologist Marvin Harris shows how the endless varieties of cultural behavior -- often so puzzling at first glance -- can be explained as adaptations to particular ecological conditions. His aim is to account for the evolution of cultural forms as Darwin accounted for the evolution of biological forms: to show how cultures adopt their characteristic forms in response to changing ecological modes. "[A] magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies." -- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World "Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience." -- Gloria Levitas The New Leader "[An] original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes." -- The New Yorker "Lively and controversial." -- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 368
Release Date:: 1991-06-04
Publication Date:: 1991-06-04
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 067972849X
ISBN13:: 9780679728498
Weight:: 306 g
Height:: 20.3 cm
Width:: 13.2 cm
Thickness:: 2 cm

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