{"product_id":"books-cannibals-and-kings-by-marvin-harris","title":"Cannibals and Kings","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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" A magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Gloria Levitas The New Leader\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \" An original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Lively and controversial.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672085520657,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780679728498.jpg?v=1781518339","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-cannibals-and-kings-by-marvin-harris","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}