Margaret Mead and Samoa
Author | : Derek Freeman |
Publisher | : Penguin Group USA |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 1985-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0140225552 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780140225556 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Margaret Mead and Samoa by : Derek Freeman
Download or read book Margaret Mead and Samoa written by Derek Freeman and published by Penguin Group USA. This book was released on 1985-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1928 Margaret Mead announced her stunning discovery of a culture in which the storm and stress of adolescence didn't exist. The resulting book, Coming of Age in Samoa has since become a classic - and the best-selling anthropology book of all time. Within the nature-nurture controversy that still divides scientists, Mead's evidence has long been a crucial negative instance, an apparent proof of the sovereignty of culture over biology.