Growing Up in New Guinea is a 1930 publication by Margaret Mead. The book is about her encounters with the indigenous people of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea before they had been changed by missionaries and other western influences. She compares their views on family, marriage, sex, child rearing, and religious beliefs to those of westerners.^[1]

Growing Up In New Guinea

First edition
Author	Margaret Mead
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Blue Ribbon Books
Publication date	1930
Pages	372

The book has been rereleased several times since its original release under different publishers.^[2]