And keep your powder dry
Subtitle: an anthropologist looks at America
By: by Margaret Mead ; with an introduction by Hervé Varenne.
Series: Margaret Mead--researching Western contemporary cultures ;; v. 2
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: National characteristics, American
Description: "Margaret Mead wrote this comprehensive sketch of the culture of the United States - one of 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-214).
Previously published: New York : Morrow, 1965.
"A new expanded edition of a classic work on the American character."