Cannibals and Kings
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| Author | Marvin Harris |
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| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1977 |
| ISBN | 0-394-40765-2 |
Cannibals and Kings (1977, ISBN 0-394-40765-2) is a book written by American anthropologist Marvin Harris. The book presents a systematic discussion of ideas about the reasons for a culture making a transition by stages from egalitarian hunter-gatherer to hierarchically based states as population density increases.