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| Named Person: | Margaret Mead; Derek Freeman |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James E Côté |
| ISBN: | 0805815066 9780805815061 |
| OCLC Number: | 29564019 |
| Description: | xiv, 186 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Mead-Freeman Controversy: Mead on Trial. The Context of Mead's Research. The Controversy Sparked by Freeman's Book: Mead on Trial. The Central Figures in the Controversy. Methodologies Appropriate to the Evaluation of Mead's Coming-of-Age Thesis -- 2. Freeman's Case Against Mead. The Premise of Freeman's Case: Adolescent Biology. The Politics of the Controversy. Freeman's Evidence: Adolescent Storm and Stress. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics -- 3. Mead's Culpability. Expert Witnesses. Material Evidence. A Verdict on Mead's Coming-of-Age Thesis -- 4. A Social History of Adolescence in Samoa: Precontact Culture. Coming of Age in Precontact Samoa. Analysis. Sexual Practices in Precontact Samoa -- 5. A Social History of Adolescence in Samoa: Changes in Samoan Culture. Missionaries and Their Impact. Missionary Impact on Coming of Age. Missionary Impact on Sexual Practices -- 6. Mead's Samoa. Is it Plausible in Terms of the Historical Evidence? |
| Series Title: | Research monographs in adolescence. |
| Responsibility: | James E. Côté. |
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