Anthropology's Ancestors. Margaret Mead / / Paul Shankman.

This short volume is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to learn about, arguably, the most famous anthropologist of the twentieth century. “Since her death, a steady drip of books about Mead, one of the most significant women in twentieth century social science and American society, has appe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Anthropology's Ancestors ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (196 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1 BEGINNINGS
  • CHAPTER 2 FIRST FIELDWORK IN SAMOA
  • CHAPTER 3 WRITING COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA
  • CHAPTER 4 MANUS AND THE OMAHA
  • CHAPTER 5 ARAPESH, MUNDUGUMOR, AND TCHAMBULI
  • CHAPTER 6 CULTURE AND PERSONALITY, AND BALI
  • CHAPTER 7 THE WAR YEARS AND NATIONAL CHARACTER STUDIES
  • CHAPTER 8 THE POSTWAR YEARS AND MANUS REVISITED
  • CHAPTER 9 MEAD AS A PUBLIC FIGURE
  • CHAPTER 10 WOMEN’S ISSUES AND THE REDBOOK COLUMNS
  • CHAPTER 11 THE MEAD-FREEMAN CONTROVERSY
  • CHAPTER 12 LEGACIES
  • SELECTED WORKS BY MARGARET MEAD
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX