Cannibals and Kings
Origins of Cultures
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
9 December 1991
Summary
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 interpretat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679728498 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 067972849X |
| Author: | Marvin Harris |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 9 December 1991 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris taught at Columbia University from 1953. From 1963 to 1966, he was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology. He has lectured by invitation at most of the major colleges and universities in the United States.
In addition to field work in Brazil, Mozambique, and Ecuador on the subjects of cross-cultural aspects of race and ethnic relations, the effects of colonialism, and problems of underdevelopment seen in ecological perspective, Harris pioneered in the use of videotape techniques in the study of family life in this country.
Author of several books, among them the influential Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture and the popular undergraduate text Culture, Man and Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology, Harris wrote frequently for Natural History magazine and was a frequent contributor to the professional journals American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology. His other books include Cannibals and Kings and Cultural Materialism.
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