The Samoa reader : anthropologists take stock
Hiram CatonPreparation of The Samoa Reader has been generously
assisted by numerous colleagues.
Thanks to George N. Appell and Benson Saler for information
and encouragement, and to the Brandeis University anthropology
department for the opportunity to present some ofmy findings.
My understanding of the meaning of the controversy to
American anthropologists was appreciably assisted by Roy A.
Rappaport.
Richard Basham, Geoff Samuel, Les Hiatt, Frank Heimans,
Lola Romanucci-Ross, Richard Goodman, Lowell D. Holmes,
Bradd Shore, Ivan Brady, Mary Catherine Bateson, Vernon
Reynolds, Edwin McDowell, E. O. Wilson, Jeannette Mageo,
and Tim O'Meara have helped in various says. Special thanks to
Robin Fox.
The cheerful cooperation of the permissions staff of the
American Anthropologist is greatly appreciated.
Derek Freeman permitt^ me entrance his workshop for the
duration of the project while respecting the independence of my
judgment. It is an unusual establishment, consisting of more than
50,000 pages of notes, 2000 pages of diary entries, and
uncounted correspondence accumulated over nearly fifty years.
This large record has scarcely been touched; its scrutiny by some
future historian or biographer is likely to cast new light on those
aspects of the controversy that relate to motive and personal
achievement.
The Division of Humanities, Griffith University, funded the
research and stenographic costs, while the Utah Foundation
provided a subvention for publication. My thanks to both.