Gregory Bateson：The Legacy of a Scientist by David Lipset；

Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski；

Rain and Other South Sea Stories by Somerset Maugham；

The Mundugumor by Nancy McDowell；

Blackberry Winter：My Early Years by Margaret Mead；

Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead；

Cooperation and Competition Among Primitive Peoples edited by Mar-garet Mead；

Growing Up in New Guinea by Margaret Mead；

Letters from the Field，1925-1975 by Margaret Mead；

Sex and Temperament：In Three Primitive Societies by Margaret Mead；

Four Corners：A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea by Kira Salak；

Malinowski, Rivers, Benedict, and Others：Essays on Culture and Personality edited by George W. Stocking Jr.；

Observers Observed：Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork edited by George W. Stocking Jr.；

Village Medical Manual：A Layman's Guide to Health Care in De-veloping Countries—Volume II：Diagnosis and Treatment by Mary Vander-kooi MD

我还要感谢以下这些人仔细阅读了此书初稿并提出了极有见地的建议：

泰勒·克莱门茨、苏珊·康利、萨拉·科比特、凯特琳·古泰尔、安雅·汉森、德布拉·斯帕克，还有我姐姐莉萨、我的经纪人朱莉·巴雷尔、威廉·博格斯、杰玛·珀迪，还有我亲爱的编辑伊丽莎白·施米茨。我还要感谢摩根·昂特金、德布·西格、查尔斯·伍兹、凯蒂·拉伊西安、艾米·亨德利、朱迪·霍特森，还有格罗夫-亚特兰迪克出版社的每一个人。莉莎·贝克韦尔在人类学方面的独特眼光对该书最后的几次修改起到了难以估量的作用。我还要感谢那家价格低廉的“海边客栈”，我是在那里于狂喜中完成了最后的修改。还要感谢科妮莉亚·沃尔沃思，那天是她带我去的书店。

我要特别感谢我的丈夫泰勒和我们的女儿卡拉和艾萝依。我爱你们。