Russian Culture

Margaret Mead served as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1925 to 1969. She began her career with a study of youth and adolescence in Samoan society, published as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928). She published prolifically, becoming a seminal figure in anthropology, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1979.

• Penetrating Views of Russian CultureIntroduction: Russian Culture in the 20th CenturySergei ArutiunovThe People of Great RussiaINTRODUCTION and INTRODUCTION—1961Geoffrey GorerRUSSIAN CAMERA OBSCURATen Sketches of Russian Peasant Life (1916–1918)John RickmanIronSnowPlacenta PraeviaThe ApologyThe ThreatThe Bridal DressPolicePeasant OfficersA Political EpisodeMoujiks want GlassesTHE PSYCHOLOGY OF GREAT RUSSIANSGeoffrey GorrerChildhood TrainingCharacter DevelopmentsThe Enemy and HateThe Leader, Love, and TruthConclusionsAPPENDICESAppendix I: Development of the Swaddling HypothesesGeoffrey GorerAppendix II: A Note on the Swaddling HypothesesJohn RickmanAppendix III: Truth and GuiltJohn RickmanSoviet Attitudes Toward AuthorityMargaret MeadQuestions Which This Study Seeks to AnswerMethods and MaterialsResearch Team of Studies in Soviet Culture and Their Areas of ResearchBackground of the Soviet System of AuthorityBolshevik Assumptions About Human Behavior as Abstracted from Theory and PracticeBolshevik Willingness to Accept or to Fabricate Token EventsSoviet Ideals of Authority RelationshipsExpectations from Different Leadership LevelsCharacteristics of the Ideal LeaderSoviet Official Expectations Regarding MotivationMotivation for LeadershipExpectations Concerning the Masses and ChildrenThe Place of the Political Police in the Soviet Authority SystemPossible Developments in the Soviet UnionAPPENDIXAPPENDIX A: Abstract of Research on Leadership in Soviet Agriculture and the Communist PartyAPPENDIX B: Summary of Conclusions of Research on Soviet Child Training Ideals and Their Political Significance, by E. CalasAPPENDIX C: Summary of Conclusions of Research on Party and Non-Party Organizations in Soviet Industry, by L. H. HaimsonAPPENDIX D: Source Materials Used by Other Members of the Research GroupAPPENDIX E: Excerpt Concerning the Communist "Election of May, 1948, in Czechoslovakia" - Taken from Chapter XVI of Unpublished Manuscript "Czechs, Slovaks, and Communism," by David RodnikAPPENDIX F: "To Aid the Agitator," from Pravda, May 27, 1948APPENDIX G: "Your Strength" (Poem about Atomic Energy)Index

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