And keep your powder dry : an anthropologist looks at America / by Margaret Mead ; with an introduction by Hervé Varenne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978, author.

Contributor:

Varenne, Hervé, writer of introduction.

Series:

Margaret Mead--researching Western contemporary cultures ; Volume 2.

Researching Western Contemporary Cultures ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - the first since de Tocqueville - in 1942 at the beginning of the Second World War, when Americans were confronted by foreign powers from both Europe and Asia in a particularly challenging manner. Mead's work became an instant classic. It was required reading for anthropology students for nearly two decades, and was widely translated. It was revised and expanded in 1965 for a second generation of readers. Among the more controversial conclusions of her analysis are the denial of class as a motivating force in American culture, and her contention that culture is the primary determinant for individual character formation. Her process remains lucid, vivid, and arresting. As a classic study of a complex western society, it remains a monument to anthropological analysis.

Contents:

Acknowledgement; Contents; Introduction-2000: America According to Margaret Mead; Preface-1965; Preface from England-1943; Introduction-1965; Chapter I: Introduction-1942; Chapter II: Clearing the Air; Chapter III: We are the Third Generation; Chapter IV: The Class Handicap; Chapter V: The European in Our Midst; Chapter VI: Parents, Children and Achievement; Chapter VII: Brothers and Sisters and Success; Chapter VIII: Are Today's Youth Different?; Chapter IX: The Chip on the Shoulder; Chapter X: Fighting the War American Style

Chapter XI: Are Democracy and Social Science Compatible Each with Each?Chapter XII: If We Are to Go On; Chapter XIII: Building the World New; Chapter XIV: Those Things We Can Do; Chapter XV: The Years Between: 1943-1965; Biographical Note-1942; Biography-1942 Revised; Biographical Note-1965; Biography-1965

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782384748

178238474X

9781571812179

1571812172

OCLC:

893587411