Coming of age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
By
MARGARET MEAD
Assistant Curator of Ethnology American Museum of Natural History
Foreword by Franz Boas
Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY
NEW YORK MCMXXVIII
COMING OF AGE IN SAMOA
With Hibiscus in her hair
To the Girls of Taū
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
Margaret Mead
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
APPENDIX I
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER IX
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
APPENDIX II
PARTICULAR METHODS USED
APPENDIX III
APPENDIX IV
APPENDIX V
SAMPLE RECORD SHEET FILLED OUT FOR EACH GIRL
INTELLIGENCE TESTS USED
Check List USED IN INVESTIGATION OF EACH GIRL’S EXPERIENCE
GLOSSARY OF NATIVE TERMS USED IN THE TEXT
NOTE ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF SAMOAN WORDS
