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1	Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation more books like this by Margaret Mead Rarely do science and literature come together in the same book. When they do -- as in Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," for example -- they become classics, quoted and studied by scholars and the general public alike. Margaret Mead accomplished this remarkable feat not once but several times, beginning with "Coming of Age in Samoa." It ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Blackberry winter; my earlier years. more books like this by Margaret Mead International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sex and temperament in three primitive societies more books like this by Margaret Mead This precursor to Mead's illuminating work, Male & Female, Sex & Temperament lays the groundwork for her lifelong study of gender differences. Focusing on three distinctly different tribes from New Guinea, Mead advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences, but reflect ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	To Cherish the Life of the World: The Selected Letters of Margaret Mead more books like this by Margaret Mead, Margaret M Caffrey (Editor), Patricia Francis (Editor) The first collection of Margaret Mead's personal correspondence creates a vivid and intimate portrait of an American icon - with a foreword by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson. Often far from home and loved ones, famed anthropologist, Margaret Mead was a prolific letter writer, always honing her writing skills and her ideas. "To Cherish the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.54! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Male and Female more books like this by Margaret Mead Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyses the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "male" and "female" in modern American society. On its publication in 1949, the New York Times declared, "Dr. Mead's book has come to grips with the cold war between the sexes and has shown the basis of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.01! \| first editions
6	Coming Age in Samoa more books like this by Margaret Mead "Coming of Age in Samoa, Margaret Mead's psychological study of youth in a primitive society, is today recognized as a scientific classic. However, when first published, as Dr. Mead points out in her preface to this Morrow Quill edition, it was "the first piece of work by a serious professional anthropologist written for the educated layman in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.24! \| first editions
7	Growing up in New Guinea; a comparative study of primitive education more books like this by Margaret Mead Following the sensational success of her first book, "Coming of Age in Samoa," Margaret Mead continued her brilliant work in "Growing Up in New Guinea," detailing her study of the Manus, a New Guinea people still untouched by the outside world when she visited them in 1928. She lived in their noisy fishing village at a pivotal time -- after ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions
8	Letters from the Field, 1925-1975 more books like this by Margaret Mead Beginning in 1925 mead sent family and friends these letters from the field "to make a little more real for them" the exotic worlds that absorbed her. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs these intelligent, vivid, frequently funny, and sometimes poetic letters help us share with Mead "the unique, but also cumulative, experience of immersing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Culture & Commitment more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Culture and commitment : a study of the generation gap more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Decline and fall of the Freudian empire more books like this by Hans J Eysenck Hans Eysenck was one of the best-known research psychologists of the twentieth century. Respected as a prolific author, he was unafraid to address controversial topics. In Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire, he places himself at the center of the debate on psychoanalytic theory, challenging the state of Freudian theory and modern-day ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $25.37! \| first editions \| SVS
12	New lives for old; cultural transformation-Manus, 1928-1953. more books like this by Margaret Mead When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were a people living, quite literally, in the Stone Age. Then came World War II and the massive impact of the Air Age. A unique set of conditions made it possible for the Manus to construct a whole new world in 25 years. Mead chronicles these changes and advances a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13	And Keep Your Powder Dry more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	Continuities in cultural evolution. more books like this by Margaret Mead The author of this work was inspired by the need to develop a truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. The text began as the Terry Lectures, given at Yale University in 1957. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Family more books like this by Margaret Mead, Ken Heyman see all copies from $1.99! new only from $78.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Male and Female: A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World more books like this by Margaret Mead Margaret Mead's classic study of gender roles was first published in 1949. Beginning with an account of sex roles among peoples of the Pacific, it proceeds to a provocative analysis of sexual patterns in the United States. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17	Coming of Age in Samoa more books like this by Margaret Mead This "psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization," originally published in 1928, is a stunning piece of anthropological fieldwork that became a bestseller. It is a systematic description of the varied activities that help educate one to one's culture. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18	Growing Up in New Guinea more books like this by Margaret Mead Following the sensational success of her first book, "Coming of Age in Samoa," Margaret Mead continued her brilliant work in "Growing Up in New Guinea," detailing her study of the Manus, a New Guinea people still untouched by the outside world when she visited them in 1928. She lived in their noisy fishing village at a pivotal time -- after ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
19	A rap on race more books like this by Margaret Mead, James Baldwin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $75.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	Science and the Concept of Race more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	The mountain Arapesh. more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $3.17! new only from $4.58! \| first editions \| SVS
22	People and places more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Sex and Temperment more books like this by Margaret Mead see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.87! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America more books like this by Margaret Mead Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States -- the first since de Tocqueville -- in 1942 at the beginning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. It was required reading for ... see all copies from $4.39! new only from $17.99! \| first editions
25	Cultural Patterns and Technical Change more books like this by Margaret Mead This survey is directed toward the implications for the mental health of the people of the world who are effected by the introduction of technical change. It deals with the ways in which changing agricultural or industrial practices, new public health procedures, new methods of child and maternal health care, and fundamental education, can be ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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