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 details her historic journey to American Samoa, taken where she was just twenty-three, where she did her first fieldwork. Here, for the first time, she presented to the public the idea that the individual experience of developmental stages ...
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Edition: Members Ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Good. No dust jacket. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. On cover: With a new preface by the author. "Special members edition. " Foreword Frank Boas. Clean copy, no marks that I noticed. Some wear, discoloring and a bend or crease. read more
Edition: 1962 14th printing.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: New American Library, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Covers 'rubbed', w/slight edge-wear, some creasing, owner-name. Pp lightly 'tanned'. NO stains, tears, writing, in tight book. 192 p.; 18 cm. "Mentor book. " On cover: A study of adolescence and sex in primitive society. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Unmarkedd pages are age tanning. Normal cover wear due to age. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. On cover: With a new preface by the author. "Special members edition. " read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. Classic psychological study of youth in a primitive society by Margaret Mead, with preface added by her a generation after the original publication. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 1961
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
ISBN-13:9780688050337ISBN:0688050336
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780688050337ISBN:0688050336
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. some wear to cover; pages are fading; RTB197. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. On cover: With a new preface by the author. "Special members edition. " read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. On cover: With a new preface by the author. Book is old but in good condition. Some shelf wear. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, [New York]
Date Published: 1973
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Light edge wear to soft cover. Page tanning from age. xiii, 170 p.; 18 cm. On cover: With a new preface by the author. "Special members edition. " read more
Edition: Special members ed.
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, New York
Date Published: c1973
Description: Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. slight color aging, near Fine. Unknown printing. 170 p. ; 18 cm. "With a new preface by the author"--Cover. read more
"This is a nice anthropological book with some intriguing insights into an island community as well as some interesting theories and applications as to the behaviors and education/social methods used in American society.
This was a rather interesting book to read and provides some thoughtful and thought provoking ideas. It's not necessarily in the vein of things I'd normally seek out, but of the anthropological works I have read, this is one that felt most accessible to me."
"While interesting from a sociological standpoint, I enjoyed "Letters from the Field" more, and reading the second book improved my experience with "Coming of Age in Samoa," as the personal account of Mead's studies put all in a clearer perspective. It was a good experiment to read this book and then read "The Savage Mind" by Claude Levi-Strauss right away."
"Margaret Meade made up her supposed research results to please her mentor and boss when she made the trip to Samoa at age 21. See Margaret Meade and the Heretic, by Derek Freeman, Professor at the Australian National University."
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