Cows, pigs, wars, & witches: the riddles of culture / Marvin Harris.
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TextPublication details: New York, Vintage Books 1989, c1974.Edition: Vintage Books edDescription: viii, 276 p. 21 cmISBN: - 0679724680
- 9780679724681
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Main Library | NonFiction | 305.8 H315 | Available | 33111004978702 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Mother cow -- Pig lovers and pig haters -- Primitive war -- The savage male -- Potlatch -- Phantom cargo -- Messiahs -- The secret of the prince of peace -- Broomsticks and sabbats -- The great witch craze -- Return of the witch.