Search Results - "coming of age"

Coming of age in Samoa : a psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation / by Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

Scotland 2014 and beyond : coming of age and loss of innocence? /

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Vienna in the age of uncertainty science, liberalism, and private life / by Coen, Deborah R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a scientific dynasty -- The mind set free : preparing a liberal society in the 1840s -- In the stream of the world : coming of age in the 1860s -- Memory images : models of reason in the liberal age -- The pigtail of the nineteenth century : determinism in the 1880s -- Afterlife : inheritance at the fin de siècle -- The education of the normal eye : visual learning circa 1900 -- Citizens of the most probable state : the politics of learning, 1908 -- Into the open : measuring uncertainty, 1900-1918 -- The irreplaceable eye : visual statistics, 1914-1926 -- Conclusion : a family's legacy -- Appendix : the Exner-Frisch family tree -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Madrid the history / by Stewart, Jules

Table of Contents: “…-- Days of glorious decadence -- Madrid gets a taste of Bourbon -- 1808 and all that -- Madrid comes of age -- Monarchy is the best policy -- ¡No pasarán! …”
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Life in a Kam village in southwest China, 1930-1949 by Ou, Chaoquan

Table of Contents: “…Location -- Langdong -- The name 'Kam' -- The villagers -- Physical characteristics of the people -- The village -- Farming -- Spinning and weaving -- Thrifty people -- Mornings and evenings -- Food -- Mealtime etiquette -- Drinks -- Clothing -- Coming-of-age -- Courtship by night -- Courtship by day -- Intimidating situations for young women -- Matchmakers -- Engagement ceremony -- Marriage and divorce -- Unorthodox marriages -- Marriage relationships -- The distinction in culture between men and women -- Clan-centred community -- Pipe-smoking elders -- No beggars or thieves -- Monotonous and primitive music -- Festivals and celebrations -- Children -- Survival in the midst of suffering -- Author's postscript -- Translator's postscript.…”
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