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Harris, Marvin was born on August 18, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Sadie (Newman) Harris.
(In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished Am...)
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. "A magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies." -- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World "Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience." -- Gloria Levitas The New Leader "An original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes." -- The New Yorker "Lively and controversial." -- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review
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(The best known, most often cited history of anthropologic...)
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 edition included the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by Maxine Margolis, which discusses the impact of the book and highlights some of the major trends in anthropological theory since its original publication. RAT, as it is affectionately known to three decades of graduate students, comprehensively traces the history of anthropology and anthropological theory, culminating in a strong argument for the use of a scientific, behaviorally-based, etic approach to the understanding of human culture known as cultural materialism. Despite its popularity and influence on anthropological thinking, RAT has never been available in paperback_until now. It is an essential volume for the library of all anthropologists, their graduate students, and other theorists in the social sciences.
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("despite the profusion of racial and cultural types in La...)
"despite the profusion of racial and cultural types in Latin America, a rather smiple pattern or grand design can be discerned"
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(MUERTE, SEXO Y FECUNDIDAD: LA REGULACION DEMOGRAFICA EN L...)
MUERTE, SEXO Y FECUNDIDAD: LA REGULACION DEMOGRAFICA EN LA SOCIED AD PREINDUSTRIAL Y EN DESARROLLO
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(Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harri...)
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 essential starting point for explaining the science of culture to students. Now available again after a hiatus, this edition of Cultural Materialism contains the complete text of the original book plus a new introduction by Orna and Allen Johnson that updates his ideas and examines the impact that the book and theory have had on anthropological theorizing.
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(Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans re...)
Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, bestselling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world's major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world's gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, or economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it's "bad" to eat people but "good" to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences. Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Kahn, Always Hungry, Never Greedy: Food and the Expression of Gender in a Melanesian Society (ISBN 9780881337761).
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(This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)
This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions.
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(This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)
This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions.
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(Marvin Harris is a Graduate Research Professor of Anthrop...)
Marvin Harris is a Graduate Research Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida. Eric B. Ross has taught at Mount Holyoke and the University of Michigan.
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(El propósito de esta original y sorprendente obra de Marv...)
El propósito de esta original y sorprendente obra de Marvin Harris es dar respuesta a una serie de curiosos enigmas. ¿Por qué un tabú religioso prohÃbe a judÃos y musulmanes comer carne de cerdo? ¿Cuál es el motivo de que los hindúes adoren a las vacas? ¿Por qué surgen los movimientos mesiánicos? ¿Cómo interpretar el machis
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(Writing with the same wit, humor, and style of his earlie...)
Writing with the same wit, humor, and style of his earlier bestsellers, noted anthropologist Marvin Harris traces our roots and views our destiny.
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Harris, Marvin was born on August 18, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Sadie (Newman) Harris.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1953.
From assistant professor anthropology to professor anthropology, Columbia University, New York City, 1953-1980;
department chairman anthropology, Columbia University, New York City, 1963-1966;
graduate research professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1980. Lecturer Foreign Svc. Institute, unites states department State, 1965-1967, U. Colorado National Science Foundation summer institute, 1970.
Visiting distinguished professor Control Washington State College, 1968-1969. Snider Bequest lecturer U. Toronto, 1980. Director, executive secretary Columbia-Cornell-Harvard-Illinois summer field studies program, 1965-1966.
McMurrin professor of University Utah, 1984. Consultant United Nations Fund Population Activities, 1983-1984, McKinsey and Company Global Institute, 1991-1992. Consultant family research project Bronx Eastern State Hospital, 1968.
Principal investigator Videotape Study Urban Domiciles,1967-1974. Researcher in field, 1950- including Color-Race Categories, Brazil, 1992. Presenter papers in field.
(Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans re...)
(The best known, most often cited history of anthropologic...)
(In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished Am...)
(During the gold rush in Brazil in the 18th century, hundr...)
(Writing with the same wit, humor, and style of his earlie...)
(Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harri...)
(Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harri...)
("despite the profusion of racial and cultural types in La...)
(El propósito de esta original y sorprendente obra de Marv...)
(This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)
(This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)
(MUERTE, SEXO Y FECUNDIDAD: LA REGULACION DEMOGRAFICA EN L...)
(Marvin Harris is a Graduate Research Professor of Anthrop...)
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association (chairman General Anthropology division 1991, Distinguished Lecturer award lifetime exemplary scholarship 1991).
Married Madeline Grove, January 25, 1953. Children: Robert Eric (deceased), Susan Lynn.