Cover Image

New lives for old : cultural transformation--Manus, 1928-1953.

Show other versions (1)

Anthropological study of the Manus tribe of New Guinea, which was catapulted by the Second World War from a Stone Age culture into the path of modern civilization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Morrow, 1956.
Subjects:
Manus (Papua New Guinean people)
Acculturation.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Cultural
Acculturation
New Guinea
Manus (Peuple de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée)
Ethnologie.
Ethnologie
Manus > Volk
Acculturatie.
Manus.
Acculturation > Papua New Guinea > Admiralty Islands.
Social change > Papua New Guinea > Admiralty Islands.
Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Manus (Volk)
Barnard Alum Collection.
Description
Summary:Anthropological study of the Manus tribe of New Guinea, which was catapulted by the Second World War from a Stone Age culture into the path of modern civilization.
Physical Description:xxi, 548 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-532).
ISBN:9781258215378
1258215373