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Cannibals and Kings : the Origins of Cultures by Marvin Harris is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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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

Who reads Cannibals and Kings : the Origins of Cultures?

Author

Marvin Harris

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679728498

Category

history

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Science

Rating

4.5 / 5 (154 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14