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Cannibals and kings The origins of cultures

Marvin Harris

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 cu...

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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

The book explains why the French lawyer-ethnographer Marc Lescarbut recognized nobility among the indigenous people he visited.

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In Cannibals and Kings, an anthropologist by the name of Marvin Harris went on to explain why Lescarbut had recognized nobility among the indigenous people he visited.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 78

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 78

The book explains why the French lawyer-ethnographer Marc Lescarbut recognized nobility among the indigenous people he visited.

"

In Cannibals and Kings, an anthropologist by the name of Marvin Harris went on to explain why Lescarbut had recognized nobility among the indigenous people he visited.

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