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Naomi Quinn
Naomi Robin Quinn (July 22, 1939 – June 23, 2019) was a major figure in cognitive anthropology, with contributions to research methods and cultural models, particularly applied to topics such as American models of marriage and relationships and to child-rearing cross-culturally. Career Quinn grew up in Massachusetts with parents James and Lillian Quinn and older brother Ronald, living at different times in Brighton and Newton. Her family was of Russian and Lithuanian Jewish background, and the original surname had been a form of "Cohen." Naomi later credited her brother for first mentioning the subject of anthropology to her on a visit home from Harvard, where he was studying. Naomi earned her AB in anthropology from Radcliffe College in 1961, with Bea Whiting as her mentor. Quinn worked as a research assistant coding the aggression data from the Six Cultures project. She also participated in a summer fieldwork project in Ecuador with Marvin Harris. Quinn entered graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut [Massachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət],'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York (state), New York to the west. The state's capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban area, urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American History of the United States, history, academia, and the Economy of the United States, research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
