About Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead has had much recognition in the professional community as past president of the 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 from her work—the processes of cultural transmission.

Interdisciplinary Focus

In keeping with the interdisciplinary focus of Ethos and with the interdisciplinary relevance 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 themes of socialization as cultural communication.

—From the Introduction