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
Cannibals and kings: The origins of cultures
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Author: Harris, Marvin
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 000394407652
Details:
Author: Harris, Marvin
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 239
Release Date: 01-12-1977
Package Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780394407654
