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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
E-bok, 2011
121 kr
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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 …
Cannibals and Kings
Origins of Cultures
E-bok, 2011
139 kr
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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 …
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
Häftad, 1987
166 kr
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This book is about cults, crime, and shoddy goods, and the shrinking dollar. It's about porno parlors, and sex shops, and men kissing in the streets. It's about daughters shaking up, women on the rampage, marriages postponed, divorces on the rise, and no one having kids. It's about old ladies …
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
The Riddles of Culture
Häftad, 1989
166 kr
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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 …
Rise of Anthropological Theory
A History of Theories of Culture
Häftad, 2001
1317 kr
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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 …
Rise of Anthropological Theory
A History of Theories of Culture
E-bok, 2001
1403 kr
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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 …
Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times
Häftad, 1998
614 kr
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Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice. In this book, he presents his current views …
Food and Evolution
Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits
Häftad, 1989
498 kr
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An unprecedented interdisciplinary effort suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
E-bok, 2011
169 kr
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From cults to crime to porno parlors—this book is about a lot of things that are new and strange in America today. This book is about cults, crime, and shoddy goods, and the shrinking dollar. It''s about porno parlors, and sex shops, and men kissing in the streets. It''s about daughters shaking up, …
¿Por qué nada funciona?
Antropología de la vida cotidiana
E-bok, 2026
102 kr
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Con la larga experiencia de sus estudios en pueblos y sociedades de otros continentes, Marvin Harris probó a aplicar su enfoque antropológico a una sociedad moderna en el ensayo titulado La cultura norteamericana contemporánea (1980) y que ahora, con un nuevo prefacio del autor escrito en 1987, se …
Cultural Materialism
The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Häftad, 2001
510 kr
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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 …
Rise of Anthropological Theory
A History of Theories of Culture
Inbunden, 2001
1132 kr
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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 …
Cultural Materialism
The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Inbunden, 2001
1397 kr
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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 …
