This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete
Drawing on thirty years of anthropological research, an anthropologist discusses the origins of humankind and of human social institutions and speculates on their future
Harris (anthropology, U. of Florida) was at Columbia University when the original edition was published by the Thomas Y. Crowell Company in 1968. He argues that the basic principle of a macro-theory o
