Studying Contemporary Western Society

Studying Contemporary Western SocietyFew anthropologists today realize the pioneering role Margaret Mead played in the investigation of contemporary cultures. This volume collects and presents a variety of her essays on research methodology relating to contemporary culture. Many of these essays were printed originally in limited circulation journals, research reports and books edited by others. They reflect Mead's continuing commitment to searching out methods for studying and extending

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Mary Jo Maynes looks to school reform in early modern Europe to show the relevance of early ideas about schooling for understanding contemporary society

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The conceptual uncertainty when dealing with processes of integration and disintegration in Europe is striking because traditional notions of the nation-state

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beginning with an absorbing account of the affairs of the School during World War II