Editing Cannibals and Kings (section)

{{Short description|1977 book by Marvin Harris}}{{Infobox book
| image             = Cannibals and Kings cover.jpg
| author            = [[Marvin Harris]]
| isbn              = 0-394-40765-2
| pub_date          = 1977
| publisher         = [[Random House]]
| caption           = First edition cover
}}

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'''''Cannibals and Kings''''' (1977, <small>{{ISBN|0-394-40765-2}}</small>) is a book written by American anthropologist [[Marvin Harris]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dean MacCannell|title=Empty Meeting Grounds: The Tourist Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yp2KAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-93398-3|page=53}}</ref> 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 [[State (polity)|states]] as population density increases.