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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext These essays present a model for future ethnological survey texts which aims to further the understanding of cultural relativism in anthropological studies. They have been assembled by statements, meant to provide a background for planning future research in this field in our own society. Zusammenfassung These essays present a model for future ethnological survey texts which aims to further the understanding of cultural relativism in anthropological studies. They have been assembled by statements, meant to provide a background for planning future research in this field in our own society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
