New Lives for Old
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New Lives for Old is a classic ethnographic study by Margaret Mead examining social and cultural change among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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| New Lives for Old canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11501984 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Lives for Old Context triple: [Manus people, ethnographicStudy, New Lives for Old]
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Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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B.
Learning to Live Again
"Learning to Live Again" is a country song best known for being recorded and popularized by Garth Brooks, reflecting on the emotional challenges of starting over after loss.
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C.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a 1974 Southern rock album by The Marshall Tucker Band that blends country, jazz, and blues influences into their signature sound.
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D.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a 1988 romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Alan Alda, focusing on middle-aged divorce and starting over in relationships.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Lives for Old Target entity description: New Lives for Old is a classic ethnographic study by Margaret Mead examining social and cultural change among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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A.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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B.
Learning to Live Again
"Learning to Live Again" is a country song best known for being recorded and popularized by Garth Brooks, reflecting on the emotional challenges of starting over after loss.
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C.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a 1974 Southern rock album by The Marshall Tucker Band that blends country, jazz, and blues influences into their signature sound.
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D.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a 1988 romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Alan Alda, focusing on middle-aged divorce and starting over in relationships.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ethnographic study ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| comparesWith |
post–World War II Manus society
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pre–World War II Manus society ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| disciplineOfAuthor | anthropology ⓘ |
| documents |
Manus engagement with global economy
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Manus responses to colonial administration ⓘ changes in Manus leadership and authority structures ⓘ transformations in Manus family life ⓘ |
| examines |
changes in social organization
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changes in values and norms ⓘ economic change among the Manus ⓘ education and missionization among the Manus ⓘ impact of Western influence on Manus culture ⓘ processes of modernization ⓘ religious change among the Manus ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Pacific anthropology
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cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural change
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social change ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ |
| hasEthnographicMethod |
longitudinal comparison
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participant observation ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | culture-and-personality approach ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on applied anthropology
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later studies of modernization in the Pacific ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Manus people
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Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of rapid culture change in a small-scale society
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comparison of prewar and postwar ethnographic data ⓘ contribution to theories of culture change ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Coming of Age in Samoa
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Growing Up in New Guinea ⓘ |
| setIn |
Admiralty Islands
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Manus Island ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
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Subject: New Lives for Old Description of subject: New Lives for Old is a classic ethnographic study by Margaret Mead examining social and cultural change among the Manus people of Papua New Guinea.
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