Growing Up in New Guinea

Growing Up In New Guinea
	First edition
Author	Margaret Mead
Language	English
Publisher	Blue Ribbon Books
Publication date	1930
Publication place	United States
Pages	372

Last updated January 17, 2026

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]

References

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

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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.

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Growing Up in New Guinea

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