Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Katelis Viglas - GoodreadsI read it in an electronic format. The argumentation is convincing and interesting. Marvin Harris is an original writer, who developed the theory of cultural materialism in extenso. But the book is ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - James Curcio - GoodreadsThis book provides a great deal of compelling anthropological thought; it focuses on a systemic view of the ebbs and flows of culture, and has been quite a mind-fuck for me, as I've been reading it in ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Fred R - GoodreadsHis influence on Jared Diamond is obvious, but there's a lot of stuff in here that was new to me. For instance, I was very surprised to read in Bernal Diaz's "Conquest of Mexico" that in every town ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Adam Kranz - Goodreads"Cannibals and Kings" is a sort of strange book. It tackles a variety of seemingly unrelated topics of popular interest in a sort of seamless flow, all through the lenses of environmentally-centered ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Nick - GoodreadsGeneral Thoughts and Rating Excellent cultural determinist view of the evolution of human societies and civilizations, which makes a fine companion read to Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Kyle - GoodreadsGiving this another read through almost 25 years later. Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Ann - GoodreadsMaterialist Frameworks: Cultural Ecology and Cultural Materialism Pigs for the Ancestors by Roy Rappaport 1967, 1984 Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris 1977 Rounding out my recent readings on ... Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Curtis Harris - GoodreadsI read cows, pigs, wars and witches first. I only read this because I respect Marvin Harris so much. Turns out that I got a lot more out of this book. It totally changed the way that I look at civilization. Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Jermajesty Slosky - GoodreadsFull of fascinating information, yet somehow deadly dull. Read full review
Review: Cannibals and Kings: Origins of Cultures
User Review - Amani Ameer - Goodreadsthis book gives you a different perspective on cultures around the world and how they are looked at from the western view... Read full review
