Description
An exciting voyage to distant lands where century-old methods of ancient peoples give way to the most modern machines and techniques mankind has devised. A provocative and authoritative study of the impact of modern technical advances on the traditional life in five representative old societies (Burma, Greece, the Palau Islands, Nigeria, the Spanish Americans of New Mexico) was prepared by an outstanding group of international scientists under the direction of the renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead. Published in 1955.