Margaret Mead: A Biography

Margaret Mead: A Biography

This accessible and informative biography of an acclaimed anthropologist will appeal to anyone with an interest in anthropology.

When Coming of Age in Samoa was published in 1928, the book quickly became a bestseller and brought its author to national prominenceâ€”a bright, young, and charismatic anthropologist named Margaret Mead. For the next five decades, Margaret Mead became the public face of anthropology in the United States, her strong personality and maverick stance on many issues generating both acclaim and controversy.

This succinct, well-researched biography traces Meadâ€™s life and career, from her upbringing in Pennsylvania and her college years under the tutelage of esteemed anthropologist Franz Boaz, through her field work on the islands of Oceania in the South Pacific, to her later career at the American Museum of Natural History. Besides many interesting details of Meadâ€™s career, the author examines her three marriages and her circle of friends, including fellow anthropologist Ruth Benedict and novelist James Baldwin.

The author also presents material not published in other Mead biographies, including information about existing pages of a manuscript Mead said she tore up when atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; her personal and anonymous funding of the American Anthropological Association when it was in financial straits; and her support for anthropologists who worked for the governmentâ€™s covert operations during the Vietnam War era.

The work concludes with an assessment of Meadâ€™s career, various criticisms and controversies generated by her work, and thoughts on what she would say about todayâ€™s cultural landscape.

Country	USA
Author	Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Prometheus Books
EAN	9781616143916
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1616143916
Label	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Prometheus Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	199
PublicationDate	2011-05-24
Publisher	Prometheus Books
ReleaseDate	2011-05-24
Studio	Prometheus Books

Margaret Mead: A Biography

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