{"product_id":"cannibals-and-kings-marvin-harris-9780679728498","title":"Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- Gloria Levitas The New Leader \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- The New Yorker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lively and controversial.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067972849X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679728498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Marvin Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988209172735,"sku":"9780679728498","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee5463a7-fa84-4e3c-a04f-681c1a5af18d.jpg?v=1683293227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cannibals-and-kings-marvin-harris-9780679728498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}