Margaret Mead
by Shankman, Paul, anthropologue)
Tracing Mead's career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her career. The book looks at Mead's early career through the end of World War II, when she produced her most important anthropological works, as well as her role as a public figure in the post-war period, through the 1960s until her death in 1978. The criticisms of Mead are also discussed and analyzed.
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- Full title :Margaret Mead / Paul Shankman.
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Tracing Mead's career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her career. The book looks at Mead's early career through the end of World War II, when she produced her most important anthropological works, as well as her role as a public figure in the post-war period, through the 1960s until her death in 1978. The criticisms of Mead are also discussed and analyzed.
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- Publication Date:2021.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Berghahn
- Place of Publication:New York (N. Y.)
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 vol. (X-186 p.) : : ill., portr., couv. ill. ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781800731417 (rel), 1800731418 (rel), 9781800731431 (br), 1800731434 (br)
- oclc:on1286848671
- Dewey Decimal:301.092
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