Socialization as Cultural Communication

Margaret Mead has had much recognition in the professional community as past president of American Anthropological Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A bibliography of her works alone will fill a volume. This book develops but one central theme form her work--the processes of cultural transmission. In keeping with the interdisciplinary focus of Ethos and with the interdisciplinary relevant of Margaret Mead's work, scholars of diverse fields--anthropology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and primatology--were invited to contribute articles on suggested topics related to the thems of socialization as cultural communication. --From the Introduction  
Margaret Mead has had much recognition in the professional community as past president of American Anthropological Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A bibliography of her works alone will fill a volume. This book dev