Bibliograph

Cultural materialism, the struggle for a science of culture, Marvin Harris

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Cultural materialism, the struggle for a science of culture, Marvin Harris

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cultural materialism

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Marvin Harris

Sub title

the struggle for a science of culture

Summary

This edition explains the science of culture. The book is an explication of the theory with which the author's work has been associated, and this edition updates his theories and ideas., 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 on anthropological theorizing

Target audience

specialized

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