Growing Up In New Guinea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the tradition of groundbreaking anthropological fieldwork, Growing Up in New Guinea presents a vivid and unflinching account of childhood and social development among the Manus people of the Admiralty Islands, a tribal society living in stilt houses above the shallow lagoons of the South Pacific. Margaret Mead chronicles her immersive observations of how Manus children learn, play, and are gradually shaped by the rigid economic and moral codes of their elders, drawing a provocative parallel to the processes of socialization in Western societies. With her characteristically sharp eye and accessible prose, Mead argues that many of the psychological traits once assumed to be inherently primitive or universal are, in fact, products of specific cultural conditioning — a thesis as challenging today as when it was first advanced. A landmark in the field of cultural anthropology, this work stands alongside Mead's earlier Coming of Age in Samoa as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the relationship between culture, education, and human development. Mead's style is both rigorous and narrative-driven, making complex ethnographic data feel immediate and deeply human. Her conclusions about the malleability of human nature and the power of cultural environment over biological determinism continue to provoke debate among scholars and general readers alike — leaving one to wonder just how much of who we are is truly our own.
Author: Margaret Mead
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the tradition of groundbreaking anthropological fieldwork, Growing Up in New Guinea presents a vivid and unflinching account of childhood and social development among the Manus people of the Admiralty Islands, a tribal society living in stilt houses above the shallow lagoons of the South Pacific. Margaret Mead chronicles her immersive observations of how Manus children learn, play, and are gradually shaped by the rigid economic and moral codes of their elders, drawing a provocative parallel to the processes of socialization in Western societies. With her characteristically sharp eye and accessible prose, Mead argues that many of the psychological traits once assumed to be inherently primitive or universal are, in fact, products of specific cultural conditioning — a thesis as challenging today as when it was first advanced. A landmark in the field of cultural anthropology, this work stands alongside Mead's earlier Coming of Age in Samoa as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the relationship between culture, education, and human development. Mead's style is both rigorous and narrative-driven, making complex ethnographic data feel immediate and deeply human. Her conclusions about the malleability of human nature and the power of cultural environment over biological determinism continue to provoke debate among scholars and general readers alike — leaving one to wonder just how much of who we are is truly our own.