Few anthropologists today realize the pioneering role Margaret Mead played in the investigation of contemporary cultures. This volume collects and presents a va

The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical a

This book investigates the relationship between ideas about childhood and the actual experience of being a child, and assesses how it has changed over the span

This handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th century. Her work focused on

Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,