{"product_id":"9780679728498","title":"Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHarris, Marvin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/4\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eIn 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":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42914113552639,"sku":"9780679728498","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780679728498_s600x595.jpg?v=1782316040","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780679728498","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}