Blackberry winter: My earlier years (A Touchstone book)

by Margaret Mead

Paperback, 1972

Status

Available

Publication

Simon & Schuster (1972), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 305 pages

Description

The autobiography of a pioneer, this is Margaret Mead's story of her life as a woman and as an anthropologist. An enduring cultural icon, she came to represent the new woman, successfully combining motherhood with career, and scholarship with concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people.

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Blackberry Winter:My Earlier YearsπŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’
By Margaret Mead
1972

Cultural icon, non-conformist, scientist....this shares her lifelong commitment to anthropology and humanity. In her time, she was able to accomplish so much with perspective and remarkably gutsy
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This is a remarkable book of her childhood, husbands, children as well. Self promoting, but remarkable.
Recommended.
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Physical description

305 p.; 8.3 inches

ISBN

0671216422 / 9780671216429

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Autobiography
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