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Summary:

The best known, most often cited history of anthropological theory is finally available in paperback! First published in 1968, Harris's book has been cited in over 1,000 works and is one of the key documents explaining cultural materialism, the theory associated with Harris's work. This updated edition includes the complete 1968 text plus a new introduction by the author, which discusses the impact of the book and highlights some of the major trends in anthropological theory since its original publication. RAT, as it is affectionately known to three decades of graduate students, comprehensively traces the history of anthropology and anthropological theory, culminating in a strong argument for the use of a scientific, behaviorally-based, ethic approach to the understanding of human culture known as cultural materialism.

Table of Contents:

• Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction to the Updated Edition by Maxine L. Margolis; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1 Introduction; 2 Enlightenment; 3 Reaction and Recovery: The Early Nineteenth Century; 4 Rise of Racial Determinism; 5 Spencerism; 6 Evolutionism: Methods; 7 The Evolutionists: Results; 8 Dialectical Materialism; 9 Historical Particularism: Boas; 10 The Boasian Milieu; 11 The Ethnographic Basis of Particularism; 12 Kroeber; 13 Lowie; 14 Diffusionism; 15 Culture and Personality: Pre-Freudian; 16 Culture and Personality: Freudian
• 17 Culture and Personality: New Directions18 French Structuralism; 19 British Social Anthropology; 20 Emics, Etics, and the New Ethnography; 21 Statistical Survey and the Nomothetic Revival; 22 Cultural Materialism: General Evolution; 23 Cultural Materialism: Cultural Ecology; Bibliography; Index

Author/Creator:

Harris, Marvin, 1927-2001 , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The rise of anthropological theory: a history of theories of culture [by Harris, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Rise of anthropological theory [by Harris, M.] (Updated ed.; Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2001 — ISBN 0759101329; LCCN 2001037436; OCLC Number 47100898)

Subjects:

Ethnology — History

Ethnology — Philosophy

Culture

Ethnology

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 688-764) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 806 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GN308 .H35 2001eb

ISBNs:

9780759116993 (electronic bk.)
0759116997 (electronic bk.)
0759101329 [Invalid]
9780759101326 [Invalid]
0759101337 [Invalid]
9780759101333 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2001037436

OCLC Numbers:

856932878