{"product_id":"cannibals-and-kings-9780679728498","title":"Cannibals and Kings","description":"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.\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":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62341390958979,"sku":"9780679728498","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780679728498.jpg?v=1786146450","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/cannibals-and-kings-9780679728498","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}