Growing Up in New Guinea

Growing Up in New Guinea is a 1930 publication by Margaret Mead. The book is about her encounters with the indigenous people of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea before they had been changed by missionaries and other western influences. She compares their views on family, marriage, sex, child rearing, and religious beliefs to those of westerners.[1]

Growing Up In New Guinea
First edition
AuthorMargaret Mead
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBlue Ribbon Books
Publication date
1930
Publication placeUnited States
Pages372

The book has been rereleased several times since its original release under different publishers.[2]

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  1. ^ "Growing Up In New Guinea". Good Reads. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ^ Mead, Margaret (20 February 2001). Growing up in New Guinea. Harper Collins. ISBN 0688178111.