Download or read book Why Humans Have Cultures written by Michael Carrithers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Humans Have Cultures examines three basic questions: what unity underlies human cultural diversity? What are the origins of that diversity? How can we understand it? The author argues that it is the ways in which people interact--rather than technological advances--that have been ofcrucial importance in human history. In this thought-provoking book, Carrithers draws on ancient and contemporary examples to show how this perspective forms a solid foundation for the study of culture, society, and history.