I read a portion of this in college and I remember not being too fond of it, and I've just sort of heard it's not a good book, sorta racist and eurocentric. I'm wondering what the real criticisms of this book are though since looking at a summary its seems sort of materialist?
Mostly wondering since my dad, who has not read a book since probably 1973, is getting a copy from the library and I want to know what chud shit I'm gonna have to deal with at the dinner table for the next couple months.
It's better than 90% of material discussing global history that is in the mainstream. However, it's an ornithologist with no cultural relativism discussing materialism. He's playing at being an anthropologist, and it shows with the amount of nonsense he sells. Still might be good for a chud.