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New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953
New Lives for Old Cultural TransformationManus 19281953
Author: Margaret Mead
When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were living with a Stone Age technology. Economically vulnerable and burdened by a complex moral code, the Manus seemed ill-equipped to handle the massive impact that World War II had on their secluded world. But a unique set of circumstances allowed the Manus to ad...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060958060
ISBN-10: 0060958065
Publication Date: 11/1/2001
Pages: 608
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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