{"product_id":"coming-of-age-in-samoa-by-margaret-mead-1961-hardcover-international-collectors-library","title":"Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead [1961 HARDCOVER] • International Collectors Library","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation by Margaret Mead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVINTAGE HARDCOVER [1961] INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eClassic ICL gold-foil adorned leatherette hardcover with sewn-in silk bookmark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoards show shelf wear; a few scuffs \/ bumped edges. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages read as new with a hint of tanning.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRarely do science and literature come together in the same book.  When they do -- as in Charles Darwin's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Origin of Species,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for example -- they become classics, quoted and studied by scholars and the general public alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMargaret Mead accomplished this remarkable feat not once but several times, beginning with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing of Age in Samoa.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e   It details her historic journey to American Samoa, taken where she was just twenty-three, where she did her first fieldwork.  Here, for the first time, she presented to the public the idea that the individual experience of developmental stages could be shaped by cultural demands and expectations.  Adolescence, she wrote, might be more or less stormy, and sexual development more or less problematic in different cultures.  The \"civilized\" world, she taught us had much to learn from the \"primitive.\"  Now this groundbreaking, beautifully written work as been reissued for the centennial of her birth, featuring introductions by Mary Pipher and by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67596547195129,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/comingofageinsamoa-1.jpg?v=1793780986","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/coming-of-age-in-samoa-by-margaret-mead-1961-hardcover-international-collectors-library","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}