Margaret Mead: Pioneer of Social Anthropology
- ISBN-10
- 0766025071
- ISBN-13
- 9780766025073
- Series
- Margaret Mead
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Enslow Pub Incorporated
- Author
- John Bankston
Description
Examines the life and career of cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead, including her time as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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- 2021-01-14
- 240 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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