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Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Marvin Harris
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Description for Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Hardback. "Cultural Materialism", published in 1979, was the author's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. This edition contains the complete text of the original book, and examines the impact that the book and theory have had on anthropological theorizing. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759101340
SKU
V9780759101340
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About Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris is in the department of anthropology at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture
The most important anthropological statement of the nature and meaning of cultural anthropology that has thus far appeared.
Ashley Montagu, highly acclaimed social scientist, Columbia University
Psychology Today
Harris achieves a standard of theoretical exposition that is rare in anthropology.
Bruce Trigger
Science
Ashley Montagu, highly acclaimed social scientist, Columbia University
Psychology Today
Harris achieves a standard of theoretical exposition that is rare in anthropology.
Bruce Trigger
Science