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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marvin Harris; Eric B Ross; Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Symposium |
| ISBN: | 0877224358 : 9780877224358 0877226687 9780877226680 |
| OCLC Number: | 13359618 |
| Notes: | Papers originally presented at the 94th Symposium of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Cedar Key, Fla. October 23-30, 1983. |
| Description: | ix, 633 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Overview of trends in dietary variation from hunter-gatherer to modern capitalist societies / Eric B. Ross -- Foodways: historical overview and theoretical prolegomenon / Marvin Harris -- Primate diets and gut morphology: implications for hominid evolution / Katharine Milton -- Omnivorous primate diets and human overconsumption of meat / William J. Hamilton III -- Fava bean consumption: a case for the co-evolution of genes and culture / Solomon H. Katz -- Problems and pitfalls in the assessment of human nutritional status / P.L. Pellett -- Psychobiological perspectives on food preferences and avoidances / Paul Rozin -- Preference for animal protein and fat: a cross-cultural survey / H. Leon Abrams, Jr. -- Biocultural consequences of animals versus plants as sources of fats, proteins, and other nutrients / Leslie Sue Lieberman -- Significance of long-term changes in human diet and food economy / Mark N. Cohen -- Life in the "garden of Eden": causes and consequences of the adoption of marine diets by human societies / David R. Yesner -- Analysis of hunter-gatherer diets: stalking an optimal foraging model / Bruce Winterhalder -- How much food do foragers need? / Kristen Hawkes -- Aboriginal subsistence in a tropical rain forest environment: food procurement, cannibalism, and population regulation in northeastern Australia / David R. Harris -- Ecological and structural influences on the proportions of wild foods in the diets of two Machiguenga communities / Allen Johnson and Michael Baksh -- Limiting factors in Amazonian ecology / Kenneth R. Good -- Loaves and fishes in Bangladesh / Shirley Lindenbaum -- Animal protein consumption and the sacred cow complex in India / K.N. Nair -- Effects of colonialism and neocolonialism on the gastronomic patterns of the third world / Richard W. Franke -- Stability and change in highland Andean dietary patterns / Benjamin S. Orlove -- Social class and diet in contemporary Mexico / Gretel H. Pelto -- From Costa Rican pasture to North American hamburger / Marc Edelman -- Evolution of human subsistence / Anna Roosevelt -- Biocultural aspects of food choice / George Armelagos. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Marvin Harris and Eric B. Ross. |
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