Coming of Age in Samoa Author:Margaret Mead Coming of Age in Samoa, Margaret Mead's psychological study of youth in a primitive society, is today recognized as a scientific classic. However, when first published, as the late Dr. Mead pointed out in the preface, it was "the first piece of work by a serious professional anthropologist written for the educated layman in which all the paraphe... more »rnalia of scholarship designed to convince one's professional colleagues and confuse the laity was deliberately laid aside."« less