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Cannibals and kings : the origins of cultures / Marvin Harris.
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.
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- ISBN: 067972849X
- ISBN: 9780679728498
- Physical Description: xiv, 351 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Vintage books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1991, ©1977.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Culture and nature -- Murders in Eden -- The origin of agriculture -- The origin of war -- Proteins and the fierce people -- The origin of male supremacy and of the Oedipus complex -- The origin of pristine states -- The pre-Columbian states of Mesoamerica -- The cannibal kingdom -- The lamb of mercy -- Forbidden flesh -- The origin of the sacred cow -- The hydraulic trap -- The origin of capitalism -- The industrial bubble -- Epilogue and moral soliloquy. |
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| Subject: | Social evolution. Culture > Origin. Human beings > Effect of environment on. Food supply. |
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