Marvin Harris

An anthropologist speculates on the origins of bizarre and mysterious human lifestyles, customs, and institutions throughout history

The Riddles of Culture

Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches

By the distinguished American anthropologist, the brilliant study that shows how the endless varieties of cultural behavior--often so puzzling at first glance--can be explained as adaptations to particular ecological conditions.

The Origins of Cultures

Cannibals and Kings

Examines the changes taking place in modern America, and discusses shoddy workmanship, poor service, inflation, crime, and religious cults.

The Anthropology of Daily Life

Why Nothing Works

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 edition included the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by Maxine Margolis, which discusses the impact of the book and highlights some of the major trends in anthropological theory since its original publication. RAT, as it is affectionately known to three decades of graduate students, comprehensively traces the history of anthropology and anthropological theory, culminating in a strong argument for the use of a scientific, behaviorally-based, etic approach to the understanding of human culture known as cultural materialism. Despite its popularity and influence on anthropological thinking, RAT has never been available in paperback_until now. It is an essential volume for the library of all anthropologists, their graduate students, and other theorists in the social sciences.

A History of Theories of Culture

The Rise of Anthropological Theory

¿Cómo eran las primeras sociedades y los primeros lenguajes humanos? ¿Qué aspectos de la condición humana están inscritos en nuestros genes y cuáles forman parte de nuestra herencia cultural? Este volumen es un riguroso compendio del estado actual de nuestros conocimientos sobre la identidad de Nuestra especie, en el que el prestigioso antropólogo Marvin Harris aborda interrogantes y enigmas que afectan por igual a toda la humanidad desde una perspectiva panhumana, biosocial y evolutiva» que, a partir del dato concreto y local, le permite presentar un amplio panorama de la evolución material y cultural del hombre.

Nuestra especie

los enigmas de la cultura

Vacas, cerdos, guerras y brujas

Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going

Our Kind

Piero Arlorio

Buono da mangiare

Por que tantas culturas han permitido el asesinato de las ninas? Por que los hombres se creen superiores a las mujeres? MARVIN HARRIS responde a estas y muchas otras preguntas demostrando que CANBALES Y REYES, esclavos y ciudadanos, madres e hijas, padres e hijos las culturas a que todos ellos pertenecen han de asumir en cada caso sus pautas culturales dentro de un proceso global de adaptacin de las sociedades a su entorno.

los orígenes de las culturas

Caníbales y reyes

Orna Johnson

Cultural Anthropology

wie wir wurden, was wir sind

Menschen

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 starting point for explaining the science of culture to students. Now available again after a hiatus, this edition of Cultural Materialism contains the complete text of the original book plus a new introduction by Orna and Allen Johnson that updates his ideas and examines the impact that the book and theory have had on anthropological theorizing.

The Struggle for a Science of Culture

Cultural Materialism

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A First-hand Report Onlabor and Education in Moçambique

Portugal's African "wards"

"A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-198) and index.

The Anthropology of a Changing Culture

America Now

Charles Wagley

Six Case Studies

Minorities in the New World

El materialismo cultural

Attributing the origins and development of culture to the ways various societies adapt to their particular environments, Harris pits his theory of cultural materialism against such alternative theories of culture as Wilson's sociobiology and LeviStrauss's

The Nature of Cultural Things

In this book, Marvin Harris presents his current views on the nature of culture addressing such issues as the mental/behavioral debate, emics and etics, and anthropological holism.

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