New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953

by Margaret Mead

Book Overview

This edition of New Lives for Old, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions by Stewart Brand and Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.

When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were living with a Stone Age technology and economically vulnerable; they seemed ill-equipped to handle the massive impact that World War II had on their secluded world. But a unique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060958065
• ISBN13: 9780060958060
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"