Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches

Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
Author :
Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307801227
ISBN-13 : 0307801225
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by : Marvin Harris

Download or read book Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches written by Marvin Harris and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do. Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse to eat pork? Why did so many people in post-medieval Europe believe in witches? Marvin Harris answers these and other perplexing questions about human behavior, showing that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from identifiable and intelligble sources.


Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches Related Books

Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Marvin Harris
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-13 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do. Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jew
Good to Eat
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Marvin Harris
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-07-02 - Publisher: Waveland Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 Goo
Cultural Materialism
Language: en
Pages: 412
Authors: Marvin Harris
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-08-28 - Publisher: AltaMira Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 h
Culture, People, Nature
Language: en
Pages: 728
Authors: Marvin Harris
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Marvin Harris
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Rowman Altamira

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book, Marvin Harris presents his current views on the nature of culture addressing such issues as the mental/behavioral debate, emics and etics, and ant