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Margaret Mead and Samoa (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Mead-Freeman controversy, covering Derek Freeman's 1983 critique of Margaret Mead's Samoa fieldwork and the anthropological response to it.

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Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used for background biography and history only, an uncontroversial summary matter.
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Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)

This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 critiqued Here. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Experiments, 1 claims: 1 general references.
  • Scientists, 1 claims: 1 critiqued Here.

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