Cultural Patterns and Technical Change Author:Margaret Mead Peoples of the World — Burma, Greece, the Palau Islands, Nigeria, the Spanish Americans of New Mexico... ancient cultures — where the oxcart and the hand plow work side by side with the helicopter and tractor... where modern methods in child care, farming, health, and manufacturing and enriching old ways of life... — This provocative and authoritat... more »ive study of the impact of modern technical advances on the traditional life in five representative old societies was prepared by an outstanding group of international social scientists under the direction of the renowned anthropologist, Margaret Mead.« less