Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches - by Marvin Harris (Paperback)
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Highlights
- One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do.
- About the Author: Marvin Harris taught at Columbia University from 1953 and from 1963 to 1966 was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology.
- 288 Pages
- Social Science, Customs & Traditions
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One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do. Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse to eat pork? Why did so many people in post-medieval Europe believe in witches? Marvin Harris answers these and other perplexing questions about human behavior, showing that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from identifiable and intelligble sources.About the Author
Marvin Harris taught at Columbia University from 1953 and from 1963 to 1966 was Chairman of the Department of Anthropology. He has lectured by invitation at most of the major colleges and universities in the United States. In addition to field work in Brazil, Mozambique, and Ecuador on the subjects of cross-cultural aspects of race and ethinic relations, the effects of colonialism, and problems of underdevelopment seen in ecological perspective, Harris pioneered in the use of videotape techniques in the study of family life in this country. Author of several books, among them the influential Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture and the popoular undergraduate text Culture, Man and Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology, Harris wrote frequently for Natural History magazine and was a frequent contributor to the professional journals, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology. His others books inlcue Cannibals and Kings and Cultural Materialism.Dimensions (Overall): 8.06 Inches (H) x 5.26 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .47 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Customs & Traditions
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: 288
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Marvin Harris
Language: English
Street Date: December 17, 1989
TCIN: 1003268682
UPC: 9780679724681
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-7237
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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