Cannibals and Kings (Vintage1991)- Marvin Harris - Paperback

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Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Country of Origin
United States
Type
Paperback
Signed
No
Book Series
NA
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Features
Unabridged
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults, Young Adults
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
ISBN
9780679728498
Book Title
Cannibals and Kings : Origins of Cultures
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
8 in
Edition
2
Publication Year
1991
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Marvin Harris
Genre
Social Science, Science, History
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Sociology / General, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Social Theory
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
368 Pages
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
067972849X
ISBN-13
9780679728498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038434323

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Cannibals and Kings : Origins of Cultures
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Sociology / General, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Social Theory
Genre
Social Science, Science, History
Author
Marvin Harris
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-055701
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
301
Synopsis
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, 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, 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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