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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4978086 Title: Coming of age in Samoa : a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilisation Author: Margaret Mead Publisher: [New York] : American Museum of Natural History, [1979?], ©1973. OCLC:4978086

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Coming of age in Samoa : a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilisation

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Coming of age in Samoa : a psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilisation

Author:	Margaret Mead
Publisher:	[New York] : American Museum of Natural History, [1979?], ©1973.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : Special members edView all editions and formats
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Margaret Mead Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	4978086
Notes:	On cover: With a new preface by the author. Reprint of the pbk. ed. published in 1973 by Morrow, New York. "Margaret Mead died in New York City on November 15, 1978"--P. xiii. Study conducted in mid-1920s of 68 girls aged 8 to 20 in 3 villages on the island of Tau in the Manu'a Archipelago, American Samoa.
Description:	xiii, 170 p. ; 18 cm.
Contents:	A day in Samoa -- The education of the Samoan child -- The Samoan household -- The girl and her age group -- The girl in the community -- Formal sex relations -- The rôle of the dance -- The attitude towards personality -- The experience and individuality of the average girl -- The girl in conflict -- Maturity and old age -- Our educational probelms in the light of Samoan contrasts -- Education for choice -- Samoan civilisation as it is to-day -- The mentally defective and the mentally diseased -- Table I: Showing menstrual history, sex experience and residence in pastor's household -- Table II: Family structure.
Responsibility:	Margaret Mead ; foreword by Franz Boas.

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