Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in America
(Part of the Oxford Portraits in Science Series)
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The American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was barely 24 years old when she left New York to study the natives of Samoa, New Guinea, and other remote Pacific islands. Anthropological research to her was not a dull academic discipline but an adventure in which every little detail,
from Balinese ritual dances to Polynesian tattooing, held enormous fascination. Her 1928 book--Coming of Age in Samoa--made her both famous and controversial...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195116798
ISBN13:9780195116793
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.8" x 9.6"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12
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