Cannibals and Kings Origins of Cultures

Name: Cannibals and Kings Origins of Cultures
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ISBN: 9780679728498

ISBN-10: 067972849X

ISBN-13: 9780679728498

Edition: 2nd 1991

Authors: 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…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/4/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English