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    <body><![CDATA[Written for the general public, Cannibals and Kings focuses on the economic anthropology  and the theory of social evolution. Harris explains how populations moved from the hunter and collector form of society to agriculture which lead to a heightened competition, an increase in warfare and eventual...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72570498">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Marvin Harris provides a quick survey of world history in this book. He tries to explain human's cultural development from early times and hunter-gatherers all the way to today's contemporary cultural practices. He attempts to show the parallels between today's standard beliefs and practices to an e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2628002">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Had to read it when I was a student, revisited couple of years ago. Funny, really funny, informative and a classic of Anthropology. It gives you an edge about current affairs in real life. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything that _Guns, Germs, and Steel_ wanted to be but wasn't. Short, approachable, and brilliant.]]></body>
    
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