Harris, Marvin.

Cows, pigs, wars, & witches : the riddles of culture / by Marvin Harris. - New York, N.Y. : Vintage Books, [1975, c1974]. - vii, 238 p. ; 18 cm.

Title on cover : One of America's leading anthropologists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue--Mother cow--Pig lovers and pig haters--Primitive war--The savage male--Potlach--Phantom Cargo--Messiahs--The secret of the Prince of peace.

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Ethnology--Miscellanea
Witchcraft.