false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171556033m/105562.jpg 105562 7 <P>Rarely do science and literature come together in the same book.  When they do -- as in Charles Darwin's <I>On the Origin of Species,</I> for example -- they become classics, quoted and studied by scholars and the general public alike.</P><P>Margaret Mead accomplished this remarkable feat not once but several times, beginning with <I>Coming of Age in Samoa.</I>   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 could be shaped by cultural demands and expectations.  Adolescence, she wrote, might be more or less stormy, and sexual development more or less problematic in different cultures.  The "civilized" world, she taught us had much to learn from the "primitive."  Now this groundbreaking, beautifully written work as been reissued for the centennial of her birth, featuring introductions by Mary Pipher and by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.</P> 1442005 1949 Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Perennial Classics) total:257|5:34|4:87|3:104|2:25|1:7| 257 887 420 27 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 23:10:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 23:17:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 10 22:31:06 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 22:36:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 10:53:42 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 10:55:35 -0800 2009
This was a rather interesting book to read and provides some thoughtful...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Sep 06 14:14:08 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 14:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 08 20:39:02 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 13:04:08 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 20:39:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 21 17:16:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:18:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 11:18:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:20:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Sun Mar 08 07:19:18 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 07:23:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 25 20:18:35 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 20:19:19 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:17:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:24:11 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Dec 18 16:50:33 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:50:33 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:38:44 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:38:44 -0700 2009 3 0 true false Mon Jun 15 22:46:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 22:46:41 -0700 2009 my handbook in college.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 25 07:56:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 08:01:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Apr 12 18:03:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:03:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 22 21:55:36 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 21:59:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 03 15:37:40 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 15:40:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 11 18:11:28 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 18:12:36 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 07:41:34 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 07:42:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 10 13:39:38 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 13:39:56 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=105562