"In many respects, this volume is a pioneer effort in anthropological literature. It remains firmly part of the genre of cooperative research, or ""interdisciplinary research,"" though at the time of its original publication that phrase had yet to be coined. Additionally, this work is more theoretical in nature than a faithful anthropological record, as all the essays were written in New York City, on a low budget, and without fieldwork. The significance of these studies lies in the fact that Cooperation and Competition Among Primitive Peoples was the first attempt to think about the very complex problems of cultural character and social structure, coupled with a meticulous execution of comparative study."
By:
Margaret Mead
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138521285
ISBN 10: 1138521280
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 15 March 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
CHAPTER I The Arapesh o f New Guinea CHAPTER II The Eskimo of Greenland, CHAPTER III The Ojebwa of Canada, CHAPTER IV The Bachiga of East Africa, CHAPTER V The Ifugao of the Philippine Islands, CHAPTER VI The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Is l a n d CHAPTER VII The M anus of the Admiralty Island, CHAPTER VIII The Iroquois, CHAPTER IX The Samoans CHAPTER X The Zuni of New Mexico CHAPTER XI The Bathonga of South Africa CHAPTER X II The Dakota CHAPTER X III The Maori of New Zealand, Statement, Appraisal 1961, Cooperation and Competition in Geometric-Vectorial Symbolism
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was associated with the American Museum of Natural History in New York for over fifty years, becoming Curator of Ethnology in 1964. She taught at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research as well as a number of other universities, and served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Anthropological Association. Among her many books is Continuities in Cultural Evolution, available from Transaction Publishers.
