Author: Margaret MeadPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Social organization of Manu'a
Author: Margaret MeadSocial Organization of Manua
Author: Margaret MeadThe Trashing of Margaret Mead
Author: Paul ShankmanPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299234533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
In 1928 Margaret Mead published Coming of Age in Samoa, a fascinating study of the lives of adolescent girls that transformed Mead herself into an academic celebrity. In 1983 anthropologist Derek Freeman published a scathing critique of Mead’s Samoan research, badly damaging her reputation. Resonating beyond academic circles, his case against Mead tapped into important public concerns of the 1980s, including sexual permissiveness, cultural relativism, and the nature/nurture debate. In venues from the New York Times to the TV show Donahue, Freeman argued that Mead had been “hoaxed” by Samoans whose innocent lies she took at face value. In The Trashing of Margaret Mead, Paul Shankman explores the many dimensions of the Mead-Freeman controversy as it developed publicly and as it played out privately, including the personal relationships, professional rivalries, and larger-than-life personalities that drove it. Providing a critical perspective on Freeman’s arguments, Shankman reviews key questions about Samoan sexuality, the alleged hoaxing of Mead, and the meaning of the controversy. Why were Freeman’s arguments so readily accepted by pundits outside the field of anthropology? What did Samoans themselves think? Can Mead’s reputation be salvaged from the quicksand of controversy? Written in an engaging, clear style and based on a careful review of the evidence, The Trashing of Margaret Mead illuminates questions of enduring significance to the academy and beyond. 2010 Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “The Trashing of Margaret Mead reminds readers of the pitfalls of academia. It urges scholars to avoid personal attacks and to engage in healthy debate. The book redeems Mead while also redeeming the field of anthropology. By showing the uniqueness of the Mead-Freeman case, Shankman places his continued confidence in academia, scholars, and the field of anthropology.”—H-Net Reviews
Religion and Social Organization in Central Polynesia
Author: Robert W. WilliamsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107625696
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Originally published in 1937, this presents a detailed account of religious and mythical structures in Central Polynesia.
Technical Manual
Author: United States Department of the ArmyPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
SIMSOC: Simulated Society, Participant's Manual
Author: William A. GamsonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439108676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The official guide to SIMSOC, the dynamic group simulation game whose “potential for stimulating the learning process is staggering” (Teaching Sociology), in which players grapple with the challenge of governing society. In SIMSOC, players confront issues like abuse of power, justice, diversity, trust, and leadership as they negotiate their way through labor-management strife, political turmoil, and natural disasters. Success or failure is dependent upon decisions made by players and the creativity of the group—and every game is a teaching tool. To be successful, players must utilize every basic social process from cooperation and reward to threat and punishment. SIMSOC will make participants ask questions about social control, and bring everyday experience and deeper understanding to even the most arcane social and organizational theory. Included in this Fifth Edition of SIMSOC's Participant's Manual are instructions for playing, materials for play, study questions based on participation, and selected readings about simulation games, leadership, and social processes. New to the Fifth Edition are additional size levels to accommodate groups of up to ninety participants with simplified rules and readings by authors from Nicholas Lemann to Robert Putnam.
A Manual of Neo-scholastic Philosophy
Author: Charles Reinhard BaschabPublisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Manual of Social Science
Author: Henry Charles CareyPublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Manual of Standards and Suggestions on Organization for the High Schools of Ohio
Author: Ohio. Department of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : High schools
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Instructor's Manual To Accompany Criminology
Author: Kimberly CookPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042971131X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The goal of this resource manual is to help students understand crime, the origins of criminological theory, the emergence of sociological criminology and the subcultures of delinquency. It also provides information on the different types of crimes that exist.