Background

Harris, Marvin was born on August 18, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Sadie (Newman) Harris.

Education

Bachelor, Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1953.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Marvin Harris has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture

    (Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans re...)

  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture

    (The best known, most often cited history of anthropologic...)

  • Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures

    (In this brilliant and profound study the distinguished Am...)

  • Town & Country in Brazil: A socio-anthropological study of a small Brazilian town

    (During the gold rush in Brazil in the 18th century, hundr...)

  • Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going

    (Writing with the same wit, humor, and style of his earlie...)

  • Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture

    (Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harri...)

  • Cultural Materialism

    (Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harri...)

  • Patterns of Race in the Americas. 1964 Ex-library Edition. 154 pages

    ("despite the profusion of racial and cultural types in La...)

  • Vacas, Cerdos, Guerras Y Brujas / Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: Los Enigmas De La Cultura/ the Riddles of Culture (Ciencias Sociales / Social Sciences) (Spanish Edition)

    (El propósito de esta original y sorprendente obra de Marv...)

  • Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches: The Riddles of Culture (Vintage) (Paperback) - Common

    (This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)

  • Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture

    (This book challenges those who argue that we can change t...)

  • Muerte, sexo y fecundidad / Death, sex and fertility: La Regulacion Demografica En Las Sociedades Preindustriales Y En Desarrollo / the Population ... Universitario. Ensayo) (Spanish Edition)

    (MUERTE, SEXO Y FECUNDIDAD: LA REGULACION DEMOGRAFICA EN L...)

  • Food And Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits

    (Marvin Harris is a Graduate Research Professor of Anthrop...)

  • Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches - The Riddles of Culture

    (clean, nice vintage condition book, ,writing on first page.)

  • Rise of Anthropological Theory a History

    ((PLEASE NOT: OLDER EDITION, 1962 EDITION.) Ex-library cop...)

  • Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going by Marvin Harris (1990-09-26)

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Our Kind: Who We are, Where We Came from, and Where We are Going by Marvin Harris (1-Sep-1990) Paperback

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture by Harris University of Florida, Marvin(August 14, 2001) Paperback

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Harris Town & Country in Brazil

    (Book by Harris, Marvin)

  • War: The Anthropology of Armed Conflict and Aggression.

    (First US Edition 1964. Shelf wear and lightly read. Plast...)

  • Vacas, cerdos, guerras y brujas / Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: Los enigmas de la cultura / The Riddles of Culture (Spanish Edition)

    (Book by Harris, Marvin)

  • Canibales y reyes / Cannibals and Kings: Los origenes de las culturas / The Origins of Cultures (Spanish Edition)

    (Brand New. Ship worldwide)

  • Patterns of race in the Americas.
  • Town and country in Brazil (Norton library)
  • Cannibals & Kings - KOREAN LANGUAGE EDITION
  • Canibales y reyes / Cannibals and Kings: Los origenes de las culturas / The Origins of Cultures by Marvin Harris (2011-01-30)
  • Patterns of Race in the Americas by Marvin Harris (1980-06-20)
  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture Updated edition by Harris University of Florida, Marvin (2001) Paperback
  • Vacas, Cerdos, Guerras Y Brujas / Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: Los Enigmas De La Cultura/ the Riddles of Culture (Ciencias Sociales / Social Sciences) (Spanish Edition) by Marvin Harris (2005-06-30)
  • (Cannibals and Kings) Author: Marvin Harris published on (June, 1991)
  • Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Harris, Marvin (1989) Paperback
  • Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris (1989-12-17)
  • Patterns of Race in the Americas (The Norton library)
  • The rise of anthropological theory : a history of theories of culture / Marvin Harris
  • Canibales Y Reyes / Cannibals and Kings (Ciencias Sociales / Social Sciences) (Spanish Edition)
  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture by Marvin Harris University of Florida (2001-08-14)
  • Food And Evolution: Toward A Theory Of Human Food Habits: 1st (First) Edition
  • Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches : The Riddles
  • The Rise of Anthropological Theory
  • Patterns of Race in the Americas by Harris, Marvin (1980) Hardcover
  • Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches
  • Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going by Marvin Harris (1989-01-01)
  • Harris Town & Country in Brazil by Marvin Harris
  • Canibales Y Reyes / Cannibals and Kings (Ciencias Sociales / Social Sciences) (Spanish Edition) by Harris, Marvin (2006) Paperback
  • Nuestra especie / Our Kind (Spanish Edition) by Marvin Harris (2015-11-03)
  • (The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture) Author: Marvin Harris published on (August, 2001)
  • Town and Country in Brazil
  • Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture by Marvin Harris University of Florida (2001-08-21)
  • Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches; The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris
  • Our Kind, Who We Are, Where We Came From & Where We are Going, the Evolution of Human Life & Culture
  • Cannibals and Kings (Vintage) by Marvin Harris (4-Jun-1991) Paperback

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association (chairman General Anthropology division 1991, Distinguished Lecturer award lifetime exemplary scholarship 1991).

Connections

Married Madeline Grove, January 25, 1953. Children: Robert Eric (deceased), Susan Lynn.

Father:

Irving Harris

Mother:

Sadie (Newman) Harris

Spouse:

Madeline Grove

child:

Robert Eric Harris (deceased)

child:

Susan Lynn Harris