New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953

by Margaret Mead

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This edition of New Lives for Old, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions by Stewart Brand and Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.

When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were living with a Stone Age technology and economically vulnerable; they seemed ill-equipped to handle the massive impact that World War II had on their secluded world. But a unique...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0060958065

ISBN13:9780060958060

Release Date:October 2001

Publisher:Harper Perennial

Length:608 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Australia & Oceania Cultural History Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Papua New Guinea Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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