Cannibals and kings: The origins of cultures

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Cannibals and kings: The origins of cultures

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
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
UPCs 000394407652
EANs 9780394407654
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
UPCs	000394407652
EANs	9780394407654
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Cannibals and kings: The origins of cultures

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