Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Coming of Age in SamoaSourcesWikipedia: Coming of Age in SamoaEncyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Coming of Age in Samoa." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-coming-of-age-in-samoa.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Coming of Age in Samoa. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-coming-of-age-in-samoaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-coming-of-age-in-samoa, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Coming of Age in Samoa}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-coming-of-age-in-samoa}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on Margaret Mead's 1928 book "Coming of Age in Samoa", covering its argument, its impact on anthropology, and the later Mead-Freeman controversy.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_SamoaSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article, used here to source both a contested primary claim and the controversy over it, named as a live scholarly dispute rather than adjudicated.SourcesWikipedia: Coming of Age in Samoatier 3WikipediaArticle, self-citation: entity-descriptionQuote, Article, self-citation: entity-descriptionMead concluded that the passage from childhood to adulthood (adolescence) in Samoa was a smooth transition and not marked by the emotional or psychological distress, anxiety, or confusion seen in the United States.View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicOpen Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Ethnography and Cultural Practices, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Social Theorists, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested15Ethnography and Cultural PracticesComing of Age in SamoaOpen QuestionsDid Margaret Mead's account of relatively unrestricted adolescent sexuality in Samoa accurately reflect Samoan culture, or did Derek Freeman's later fieldwork and critique reveal fundamental errors in her original conclusions?Social TheoristsMargaret MeadSourcesWikipedia: Coming of Age in SamoaHolds1Ethnography and Cultural PracticesComing of Age in SamoaConnected1Open QuestionsDid Margaret Mead's account of relatively unrestricted adolescent sexuality in Samoa accurately reflect Samoan culture, or did Derek Freeman's later fieldwork and critique reveal fundamental errors in her original conclusions?General References3Ethnography and Cultural PracticesComing of Age in SamoaOpen QuestionsDid Margaret Mead's account of relatively unrestricted adolescent sexuality in Samoa accurately reflect Samoan culture, or did Derek Freeman's later fieldwork and critique reveal fundamental errors in her original conclusions?Social TheoristsMargaret MeadComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year