Mary Catherine Bateson, Author . Steerforth $27 (384p) ISBN 978-1-58642-080-2
The daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, cultural anthropologist Bateson has long been fascinated by how humans understand, create and adapt to the world in which they live, and in this collection of writings, some previously unpublished,...
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Mary Catherine Bateson, Knopf, $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-307-26643-9
Picking up where she left off in Composing a Life (1991), anthropologist Bateson interviews six older individuals, from a retired Maine boatyard worker to Jane Fonda, who have accomplished most of their life goals but actively seek new and...
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Mary Catherine Bateson, Author Plume Books $12.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-452-26505-9
Bateson profiles herself and four other highly productive women, concluding that the obstacles life presents can be sources of wisdom and personal growth. ``While the book's premise is intriguing, the telling is self-indulgent and only sporadically...
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Mary Catherine Bateson, Author Atlantic Monthly Press $18.95 (241p) ISBN 978-0-87113-334-2
By profiling five highly productive women--herself and four friends--Bateson, daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, and author of With a Daughter's Eye , aims to shed light on personal and career obstacles women face in achieving success....
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Mary Catherine Bateson, Author HarperCollins Publishers $23 (243p) ISBN 978-0-06-016859-9
This gracefully written meditation on how we learn by anthropologist Bateson ( Composing a Life ) stresses that most learning occurs outside of schools. Her view of learning as an improvisational, lifelong, participatory activity that changes the...
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Mary Catherine Bateson, Author, Richard A. Goldsby, Author, Catherine Bateson, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $12.95 (153p) ISBN 978-0-201-15594-5
The epidemic of AIDS has also highlighted other health and social ills affecting the ``immune system'' of society, note the authors, including a wide range of sexual practices and drug addictions among persons of diverse ages and groups, and has...
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