Marvin Harris Born: 18-Aug-1927 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Died: 25-Oct-2001 Location of death: Gainesville, FL Cause of death: Complications of Surgery
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Anthropologist Nationality: United States Executive summary: Anthropological historian Wife: Madeline (until his death, one daughter) Daughter: Susan
University: MA, Columbia University (1949) University: PhD, Columbia University (1953) Professor: Anthropology, Columbia University (1953-80) Professor: Anthropology, University of Florida (1980-2000)
American Anthropological Association
Author of books:
Town and Country in Brazil (1956, social studies) Patterns of Race in the Americas (1964, social studies) The Nature of Cultural Things (1964, social studies) The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories of Culture (1968, history of science) Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology (1971, social studies) Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture (1974, social studies) Cannibals and Kings: The Origin of Cultures (1977, social studies) Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture (1979, social studies) America Now: The Anthropology of a Changing Culture (1981, social studies) Cultural Anthropology (1983, social studies) Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture (1985, social studies) Death, Sex, and Fertility: Population Regulation in Preindustrial and Developing Societies (1987, social studies) Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going (1989, social studies) Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times (1998, social studies)
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