In a message dated 3/15/01 9:47:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, HICKS_M at casa.gov.au writes: << Sorry, I'm doing some introductory Cultural Anthropology units at Uni this year (in Canberra) and find the whole topic fascinating! Mel. >> I would suggest as paper for you to write as one which puts the lie to rest that Mead's research was flawed. :-) Ras