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Author:
Bowman-Kruhm, Mary.
Title:
Margaret Mead : a biography / Mary Bowman-Kruhm.
Edition:
Pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Prometheus Books,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
199 p., plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Mead, Margaret,--1901-1978.
Women anthropologists--United States--Biography.
Women anthropologists--Melanesia--Biography.
Ethnology--Fieldwork--Melanesia.
Melanesia--Social life and customs.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180, 183-190) and index. Originally published: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Contents:
Kith and kin as a girl in Pennsylvania (1901-1920) -- From Indiana to Oceania (1920-1925) -- Ta'u, taro, and talking chiefs (1925-1926) -- People are made, not born (1926-1929) -- Midcareer life changes (1929-1939) -- The war that divided the world (1939-1953) -- Mead, the polymath : a scholar with a worldwide perspective (1953-1978) -- Patterns of people, career of controversy -- What would Margaret Mead say today?
ISBN:
1616143916 (pbk.)
9781616143916 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)679931756
LCCN:
2011001707
Locations:
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

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