A portrait of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson by their daughter offers new insight into the lives, careers, and achievements of two distinguished and controversial American anthropologists
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About the Author:
Mary Catherine Bateson is Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English at George Mason University. She received an undergraduate degree from Radcliffe and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. She has written and coauthored numerous books on life history, lectures internationally, and is president of the Institute for Intercultural Studies in New York City. She divides her time between New Hampshire and Virginia.
Review:
"[A]n utter absorbing account of Mead and Bateson's relationship...[This] book is clearly a classic."-- "Natural History magazine"A beautifully written book...Remarkably honest, rich in poetry, yet, at the same time, full of 'longing and anger.'"-- "San Francisco Chronicle
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- PublisherPocket
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0671554247
- ISBN 13 9780671554248
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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