# Coming of age in Samoa

Author: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978; Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74750

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Coming+of+age+in+Samoa+Mead&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Modern descriptions of primitive people give us a picture of their culture classified according to the varied aspects of human life. We learn about inventions, household economy, family and political organisation, and religious beliefs and practices. Through a comparative study of these data and through information that tells us of their growth and development, we endeavour to reconstruct, as well as may be, the history of each particular culture. Some anthropologists even hope that the comparative study will reveal some tendencies of development that recur so often that significant generalisations regarding the processes of cultural growth will be discovered.

## Chapters

- [d. Intelligence Tests Used](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/coming-of-age-in-samoa-74750/chapters/5/index.md)