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"Tracing Mead's career as an ethnographer, as the early voice of public anthropology, and as a public figure, this elegantly written biography links the professional and personal sides of her career. The book looks at Mead's early career through the end of World War II, when she produced her most important anthropological works, as well as her role as a public figure in the post-war period, through the 1960s until her death in 1978. The criticisms of Mead are also discussed and analyzed. This short volume is an ideal starting point for anyone wanting to learn about, arguably, the most famous anthropologist of the twentieth century"--

The Tweed Family Papers consists primarily of correspondence between Mrs. Richard Tweed and her children, relatives, and friends. Diaries, essays and poetry written by family members, newspaper clippings (photocopies), and financial and legal material are also included, as are a handful of photographs. All related primarily to the life of Mrs. Richard Tweed and her descendants. ; Mrs. Richard Tweed, upon whom the majority of the materials focus, was the sister-in-law of William Marcy ("Boss") Tweed, who controlled the Democratic political machine at New York City's Tammany Hall during the mid-19th century. He and his associates misappropriated public funds on a large scale, leading to his arrest and imprisonment in 1871. ; The Tweed Family Papers are organized by the following categories: Correspondence, Newspapers, Literary Production, Photographs, Financial Material, Printed Material, Scrapbook Material, Legal Material, and Artifacts. ; Tweed Family Papers, 1836-1932 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas ; Box 1, File 11

Margaret Gilbert (1942) is a British philosopher, full professor in Moral Philosophy at Irvine University (CA) since 2006. Gilbert is one of the leading philosophers in the field of social ontology. In 1989, in On Social Fact, she elaborated the plural subject theory. Since then, in the following thrity years she went on refining this theory, applying it to different fields ranging from political philosophy to epistemology. At present, her research focuses on the notion of joint commitment and on issues concerning rights and duties embedded in sociality. ; Margaret Gilbert (1942) è una filosofa di origini britanniche, professore di filosofia morale presso l'Università di Irvine (California) dal 2006. Gilbert è una tra i filosofi che hanno dato il via alla ricerca nell'ambito dell'ontologia sociale. Nel 1989, con la pubblicazione del celebre libro On social facts, Gilbert ha articolato la sua teoria dei soggetti plurali, dedicando i successivi trent'anni a un raffinamento progressivo di questa teoria e alla sua applicazione a diversi ambiti che spaziano dalla filosofia politica all'epistemologia. Attualmente, la sua ricerca si concentra sulla nozione di impegno congiunto, sulle questioni dei diritti e doveri intrinseci alla socialità.