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The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback! First published in 1968, Harris's book has been cited in over 1,000 works and is one of the key documents explaining cultural materialism, the theory associated with Harris's work. This updated edit...
Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
806
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell
ISBN #
0690703228
EAN Code
9780690703221
ISBN #
7
Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential...
Author
Marvin Harris University of Florida
Binding
Paperback
Pages
408
Publisher
AltaMira Press
ISBN #
0759101353
EAN Code
9780759101357
ISBN #
6
Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He e...
Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Paperback
Pages
289
Publisher
Waveland Pr Inc
ISBN #
1577660153
EAN Code
9781577660156
ISBN #
5
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 cu...
Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Paperback
Pages
368
Publisher
Vintage
ISBN #
067972849X
EAN Code
9780679728498
ISBN #
4
This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions.
Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
Vintage
ISBN #
0679724680
EAN Code
9780679724681
ISBN #
1
This text presents Marvin Harris' view on the nature of culture, and offers a materialist perspective on contemporary issues including the IQ question and the fall of communism.
Author
Marvin Harris University of Florida
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
AltaMira Press
ISBN #
0761990216
EAN Code
9780761990215
ISBN #
10
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Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Paperback
Pages
385
Publisher
Allyn & Bacon
ISBN #
0205454437
EAN Code
9780205454433
ISBN #
8
Writing with the same wit, humor, and style of his earlier bestsellers, noted anthropologist Marvin Harris traces our roots and views our destiny.
Author
Marvin Harris
Binding
Paperback
Pages
560
Publisher
Harper Perennial
ISBN #
0060919906
EAN Code
9780060919900
ISBN #
3