Five families : Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty
Lewis, Oscar , 1914-1970
Five families : Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty / Oscar Lewis / with a new introd. by Margaret Mead / foreword by Oliver La Farge - New York : BasicBooks , 1975, c1959 - 351 p. ; 21 cm
This volume takes the reader into the lives of five different Mexican families for one entire day, so that the reader can see how it is that they live their lives. The families are both rural and urban and represent a cross-section of Mexico at the time that this book was written. All but one of the families portrayed are poor, yet they all share some similar characteristics. Written during the nineteen fifties, this book is, for the most part, a look at a culture of poverty. It is also a look at a culture that is in transition, shifting from rural to urban with its often resulting poverty and pathology. Yet, it is also a culture into which, North American material comforts and influence were making inroads
English
9780465097050
Family---Case studies---Mexico (State)
Poverty---Case studies---Mexico (State)
Mexico (State)---Social conditions---Case studies
LAS 309.172 LEW
Five families : Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty / Oscar Lewis / with a new introd. by Margaret Mead / foreword by Oliver La Farge - New York : BasicBooks , 1975, c1959 - 351 p. ; 21 cm
This volume takes the reader into the lives of five different Mexican families for one entire day, so that the reader can see how it is that they live their lives. The families are both rural and urban and represent a cross-section of Mexico at the time that this book was written. All but one of the families portrayed are poor, yet they all share some similar characteristics. Written during the nineteen fifties, this book is, for the most part, a look at a culture of poverty. It is also a look at a culture that is in transition, shifting from rural to urban with its often resulting poverty and pathology. Yet, it is also a culture into which, North American material comforts and influence were making inroads
English
9780465097050
Family---Case studies---Mexico (State)
Poverty---Case studies---Mexico (State)
Mexico (State)---Social conditions---Case studies
LAS 309.172 LEW
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