"Letters from the Field, 1925-1975" by renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead is a collection of personal letters written to family, friends, and colleagues. It serves as an intimate memoir detailing her half-century career of conducting groundbreaking anthropological research in exotic locations like Samoa, New Guinea, Bali, and the Admiralty Islands
Coming of Age in Samoa is a book by American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978) based upon her research and study of youth on the island of Ta'u in the Samoa Islands which primarily focused on adolescent girls. Mead was 23-years old when she carried out her field work in Samoa. First published in 1928, the book launched Mead as a pioneering researcher and the most famous anthropologist …