MEAD, Margaret [1901-1978] -- American anthropologist, lecturer and author
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Assistant curator of ethnology, American Museum of Natural History (1926-42); associate curator (1942-64), curator (1964-69). Adjunct professor, Columbia (from 1954). On field trips to Samoa (1925-26, 1928-29), New Guinea (1931-33), Bali and New Guinea (1936-39); also known as popular and controversial lecturer on contemporary social issues. [BD]
Her daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson,
is also a well-known anthropologist. 
Milestones |
1925-1926 | First anthropologist to study child-rearing practices (Samoa) |
1928 | Her first book, "Coming of Age in Samoa", proved to be the best selling anthropology book of the 20th century |
1928-1929 | First to conduct psychologically-oriented field work (Manus, Admiralty Islands) |
Bookmarks (off-site links) |
- Works by Margaret+Mead
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Studying Visual Communication see: Chapter Eight: Margaret Mead and the Shift From "Visual Anthropology" to the "Anthropology of Visual Communication"
- TUP: Foerstel, Lenora: Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy
- Skeptical Critique of Dr. Margaret Mead's Work
- Quotations
- For sale
- BookFinder.com: Search Results (Matching Titles) Books by or about Margaret+Mead
- Building a Nation of Readers -- Margaret Mead excerpts from her first diary, begun at age 9
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Works about
- Biographical
- Specific periods, events, aspects. Trivia.
- Chronologies, synopses, encyclopedias
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- The correspondence between Mead and Boas exchanged during Mead’s 1925-26 Samoan research project
- Barnes & Noble.com - Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle - Lois W. Banner - Hardcover - Bargain
- Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
- WIC Biography - Margaret Mead
- Margaret Mead biography
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- Genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
- Open Directory The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human- edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
- Search engines A selection of search engines, for Margaret+Mead
- Margaret Mead
- Search Results - Library and Archives Canada National Library of Canada citations
- Malaspina Great Books - Margaret Mead (1901) LoC citations etc.
- Discussion, interviews
- Biographical
- Collections, archives - Papers
- Historical context, background
- Gallery
- IMDb character search As a character.
- Margaret Mead As a participant: actor, director, etc.
- Google Images Search
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Associated |
- Daughter: ¤BATESON, Mary Catherine [*1939-?] American anthropologist
- 8C2: ¤DAVIS, Roderic A., 2nd [?-?] Just for reference
