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Ruth Benedict : stranger in this land

Author: Margaret M Caffrey
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989.
Series: American studies series.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Poet, anthropologist, feminist -- Ruth Benedict was all these and much more. Born in the last years of the Victorian era, she came of age during the Progressive years and participated in inaugurating the modern era of American life. This book provides an intellectual and cultural history of the first half of the twentieth century through the life of an important and remarkable woman.
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Caffrey, Margaret M. (Margaret Mary), 1947-
Ruth Benedict.
Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989
(OCoLC)582534938
Online version:
Caffrey, Margaret M. (Margaret Mary), 1947-
Ruth Benedict.
Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989
(OCoLC)608628171
Named Person: Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict; Ruth Benedict
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Margaret M Caffrey
ISBN: 0292746555 9780292746558
OCLC Number: 18221724
Description: xi, 432 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents: Poet, anthropologist, feminist --
Ruth Benedict was all these and much more. Born in the last years of the Victorian era, she came of age during the Progressive years and participated in inaugurating the modern era of American life. This book provides an intellectual and cultural history of the first half of the twentieth century through the life of an important and remarkable woman.
Series Title: American studies series.
Responsibility: by Margaret M. Caffrey.
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Poet, anthropologist, feminist -- Ruth Benedict was all these and much more. Born in the last years of the Victorian era, she came of age during the Progressive years and participated in inaugurating the modern era of American life. This book provides an intellectual and cultural history of the first half of the twentieth century through the life of an important and remarkable woman.

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