Burma, Greece,, the Palau Islands, Nigeria, the Spanish Americans of New Mexico… ancient culture where the oxcart and the hand plow work side by side with the helicopter and the tractor… where modern method in child care, farming, health, and manufacturing are enriching old ways of life…

This provocative and authoritative study of the impact of modern technical advances on the traditional life in five representative old societies was prepared by an outstanding group of international social scientists under the direction of the renowned  anthropologist, Margaret Mead.