Margaret Mead

question 46

Multiple Choice

Margaret Mead:

• A) conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands.
• B) researched social life among the Nuer of Africa.
• C) studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico.
• D) examined sexuality in Samoa.
• E) became an expert on Native Americans.

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