Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture

Description

Author: Harris, Marvin  (1927-2001)

Publisher: Alta Mira Press (Walnut Creek, CA)

Pub Date: 2001

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, folds.  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 3″ bend.  Light edge wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: “Harris suggests that this strategy (cultural materialism) is the best approach to the many puzzles of anthropology and demonstrates how cultural materialism explains the endless variety of cultural behavior–from female infanticide to the sacred cow, from North American Indian myths of the coyote to the marital customs of the aboriginal Australians–as the adaptations of societies to their particular environments.”  (from the front flap).  Darwin–biological evolution, Marx–social evolution, Harris–cultural evolution?  A hardcover edition of this title is also available.  See https://joethebookguy.com/shop/nature/cultural-materialism-the-struggle-for-a-science-of-culture/