Margaret Mead (1901-1978) began her remarkable career when she visited Samoa at the age of twenty-three, which led to her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa. She went on to become one of the most influential women of our time, publishing some forty works and serving as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History as well as president of major scientific associations. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom following her death in 1978.
A pesar de los años transcurridos desde que la autora presentó estas reflexiones dentro del ciclo "Man and Nature", sus ideas mantienen su frescura y nos afectan más que nunca. Desde su larga y madura experiencia como antropóloga, Margaret Mead interroga en esta obra la esencia de...
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