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Product Description: Con la larga experiencia de sus estudios en pueblos y sociedades de otros continentes, Marvin Harris probó a aplicar su enfoque antropológico a una sociedad moderna en el ensayo titulado &ldquo,La cultura norteamericana contemporánea&rdquo, (1980) y que ahora, con un nuevo prefacio del autor escrito en 1987, se presenta a...read more

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Product Description: La Introducción a la antropología general , que en sus sucesivas ediciones se ha convertido en una obra de referencia imprescindible, ofrece una aproximación a esta materia que abarca sus cuatro subcampos: la arqueología prehistórica, la antropología física, la antropología social y la lingüística antropológica...read more

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Using a cultural materialist approach, the sixth edition of Cultural Anthropology furnishes readers with a framework for explaining how the parts of sociocultural systems are interrelated and how they change over time. Described as accessible, engaging well illustrated and comprehensive, this book covers a wide range of Western and nonwestern cultures for analysis and comparison. "Marvin Harris can continue to bring new insights to the field of anthropology and provide ways to inspire readers new to this discipline," writes a long-time user. For anyone interested in learning about cultural anthropology.

Product Description: Antropologia cultural proporciona una perspectiva global y comparativa que nos ayuda a entender el origen y el porvenir del nuestro mundo moderno. Tocando desde los fundamentos biologicos y evolucionistas de la cultura hasta los aspectos infraestructurales, estructurales y superestructurales de los sistemas socioculturales, Marvin Harris explica por que las costumbres y creencias difieren de una sociedad a otra y por que, a pesar de todas las diferencias, existen enormes semejanzas en la forma en que viven los seres humanos, aun estando en las mas distantes partes del globo...read more

Product Description: 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 prohíbe a judíos 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 machi...read more

Attributing the origins and development of culture to the ways various societies adapt to their particular environments, Harris pits his theory of cultural materialism against such alternative theories of culture as Wilson's sociobiology and Levi-Strauss's structuralism (view table of contents)

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.

Product Description: Barabbas. Where did he come from? Where did he go? Why was he in prison at the opportune time? In this fictional account, author Marvin Harris has brought this mystery man to life. It is an adventure full of suspense, humor, pathos and tears.

Product Description: Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods

Product Description: Professor Harris – the leading theorist in cultural materialism – bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The inventor of the concepts of emics and etics, linguist Kenneth Pike, uses this volume as a forum to explain their development and their usage today. He is joined in the debate by renowned anthropologist Marvin Harris. Eight other scholars add to the scholarly discourse and demonstrate applications of the concepts in a variety of disciplines...read more

Drawing on thirty years of anthropological research, an anthropologist discusses the origins of humankind and of human social institutions and speculates on their future