Presents the classic gender study by anthropologist Margaret Mead that studies the cultures of seven Pacific island tribes to explore the meaning of male and female. This edition celebrating the centennial of Mead's birth features an introduction by Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.
Relates the events of Margaret Mead's life up to World War II including her early field trips to Samoa, New Guinea, and Bali, and the opposition she overcame as a young female anthropologist working alone among primitive peoples.
