And keep your powder dry : an anthropologist looks at America / by Margaret Mead ; with an introduction by Hervé Varenne.
2000
E169.1 .M5 2000eb
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Title
And keep your powder dry : an anthropologist looks at America / by Margaret Mead ; with an introduction by Hervé Varenne.
Author
ISBN
9781782384748 (electronic bk.)
178238474X (electronic bk.)
1571812172
9781571812179
1571812180
9781571812186
178238474X (electronic bk.)
1571812172
9781571812179
1571812180
9781571812186
Published
New York : Berghahn Books, 2000.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xlii, 214 pages)
Call Number
E169.1 .M5 2000eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)893587411
Summary
Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginnning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. It was required reading for anthropology students for nearly two decades, and was widely translated. It was revised and expanded in 1965 for a second generation of readers. Among the more controversial conclusions of her analysis are the denial of class as a motivating force in American culture, and her contention that culture is the primary determinant for individual character formation. Her process remains lucid, vivid, and arresting. As a classic study of a complex western society, it remains a monument to anthropological analysis.
Note
Previously published: New York : Morrow, 1965.
"A new expanded edition of a classic work on the American character."
"A new expanded edition of a classic work on the American character."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214).
Formatted Contents Note
America According to Margaret Mead; Hervé Varenne Preface
1965; Preface from England
1943 Introduction
1965 Chapter 1. Introduction
1942; Chapter 2. Clearing the Air; Chapter 3. We Are All Third Generation; Chapter 4. The Class Handicap; Chapter 5. The European in Our Midst; Chapter 6. Parents, Children and Achievement; Chapter 7. Brothers and Sisters and Success; Chapter 8. Are Today's Youth Different?; Chapter 9. The Chip on the Shoulder; Chapter 10. Fighting the War American Style; Chapter 11. Are Democracy and Social Science Compatible Each with Each?; Chapter 12. If We Are to Go On; Chapter 13. Building the World New; Chapter 14. These Things We Can Do; Chapter 15. The Years Between: 1943-1965 Bibliographical Note
1942; Bibliograpghy
1942 Bibliographical Note
1965; Bibliography
1965
1965; Preface from England
1943 Introduction
1965 Chapter 1. Introduction
1942; Chapter 2. Clearing the Air; Chapter 3. We Are All Third Generation; Chapter 4. The Class Handicap; Chapter 5. The European in Our Midst; Chapter 6. Parents, Children and Achievement; Chapter 7. Brothers and Sisters and Success; Chapter 8. Are Today's Youth Different?; Chapter 9. The Chip on the Shoulder; Chapter 10. Fighting the War American Style; Chapter 11. Are Democracy and Social Science Compatible Each with Each?; Chapter 12. If We Are to Go On; Chapter 13. Building the World New; Chapter 14. These Things We Can Do; Chapter 15. The Years Between: 1943-1965 Bibliographical Note
1942; Bibliograpghy
1942 Bibliographical Note
1965; Bibliography
1965
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Margaret Mead--researching Western contemporary cultures ; v. 2.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978. And keep your powder dry
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