Themes in French Culture : A Preface to a Study of French Community
Metraux, Rhoda; Mead, Margaret; Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M. (INT)
ISBN 10: 1571818146 ISBN 13: 9781571818140
Published by Berghahn Books, 2001
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Margaret Mead collaborated with her long-time colleague Rhoda Métraux in this unique study of French culture. The Hoover Institute at Stanford University originally published this volume, which grew out of the Columbia University project on Research of Contemporary Cultures in 1954. It is one of the few works by American social scientists dealing with broad themes of French life.
Mead and Métraux present a vivid picture of the French starting with the organization of the house and its architecture, and drawing original conclusions for the structure of French families and overall cultural values. This work, long out of print, is a fascinating and penetrating portrait of a contemporary European society.
About the Author:
Margaret Mead served as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1925 to 1969. She began her career with a study of youth and adolescence in Samoan society, published as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928). She published prolifically, becoming a seminal figure in anthropology, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1979.
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Title: Themes in French Culture : A Preface to a ...
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New