Schlegel, Alice, Barry, Herbert, III — Adolescence: An Anthropological Inquiry

New York, Free Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for previous owner's inscription. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A very fine, engaging, cross-cultural, comparative survey of adolescent behaviorial patterns involving nearly 200 pre-industrial societies. Focus on psychogenic and sociogenic determinants, and with 11 chapters, devoted to The Anthropological Study of Adolescence; An Ethological Approach to Human Social Organization; Looking at Adolescent Socialization Across Cultures; Adolescents & Their Families; Peer Groups & Community Participation; Marriage, Mating, & the Duration of Adolescence; Adolescent Sexuality; Violating Cultural Norms; The Adolescent Self; Gender Differences: Final & Proximate Causes; and Review & Prospect, followed by three appendices.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,