BOOKS by Margaret Mead

Coming of age in Samoa; a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization 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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America more books like this

by Margaret Mead

A sketch of the culture of the United States.

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The mountain Arapesh. more books like this

by Margaret Mead

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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 ...

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Culture and commitment : a study of the generation gap more books like this

by Margaret Mead

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Balinese character, a photographic analysis more books like this

by Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead

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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.

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Coming 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.

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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 ...

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Ruth Benedict: A Humanist in Anthropology more books like this

by Margaret Mead, Professor Lois Banner (Foreword by), Professor Nancy Lutkehaus (Foreword by)

By weaving discussions of the personal and professional writings of Ruth Benedict (1887-1948), Margaret Mead offers a deeply insightful portrait of a woman who overcame the barriers of sexism to become one of the most compelling intellectual figures in twentieth-century American life. In this work, Mead defends Benedict's humanistic approach to ...

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Family more books like this

by Margaret Mead, Ken Heyman

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Margaret Mead, Some Personal Views more books like this

by Walker & Co, Margaret Mead

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Culture & Commitment more books like this

by Margaret Mead

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People and places more books like this

by Margaret Mead

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An Anthropologist at Work

by Margaret Mead

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Childhood in Contemporary Cultures more books like this

by Margaret Mead (Editor), Martha Wolfenstein

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The golden age of American anthropology more books like this

by Margaret Mead (Editor), Ruth Leah Bunzel

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A way of seeing more books like this

by Margaret Mead, Rhoda Bubendey Métraux

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