Coming Of Age In Samoa A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Mead Margaret
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
American Museum of Natural History. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Mass Market. Mass market Paperback with edgewear, rubbing on both ends of the spine, cover has overall scuffing. The edges of the pages are browning, the text is clean and the binding is tight. This book still contains an envelope to make a donation to the Margaret Mead fund. "This "psychological study of primitive youth for Western civilization," originally published in 1928, is a stunning piece of anthropological fieldwork that became a bestseller. It is a systematic description of the varied activities that help educate one to one's culture. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 170 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2709
- Title
- Coming Of Age In Samoa A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
- Author
- Mead Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- American Museum of Natural History
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Life Sciences,, Life Stages, Social Life & Customs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences; Culture; Anthropology; Anthropology,; Family & Relationships;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Mass Market
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.