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Tepoztlán : village in Mexico / Oscar Lewis

By:

Lewis, Oscar, (, 1914-1970)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1960Description: 104 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

0030060508

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 917.24 LEW

Contents:

Summary: This is a book of very broad scope about a single Mexican village. Tepoztlan, the village, is placed on a time line that extends from the tenth century A.D. and the Toltec Empire, to the present; from legendary history to contemporary anthropological observation. The main focus of the book is upon life as it is lived today in this village, typical of many, by the Mexican peasant. Economics, intrafamily relationships, and the life cycle are described.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 917.24 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		054898

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Previous	REF 917.213 SIG Signos para la memoria : Coahuila: Inventario artistico	REF 917.23 LUM El Mexico desconocido : Cinco años de exploracion entre las tribus de la Sierra Madre Occcidental	REF 917.2304 WHI Puerto Vallarta	REF 917.24 LEW Tepoztlán : village in Mexico	REF 917.24 ZAV El Bajio	REF 917.241 GUA Guanajuato, Mexico : guia turistica estatal	REF 917.244 GUA Guanajuato : sitios y recorridos	Next

The setting -- Village history -- Economics -- Social structure -- The family -- The life cycle -- Ethos -- The changing village -- Recommended reading.

This is a book of very broad scope about a single Mexican village. Tepoztlan, the village, is placed on a time line that extends from the tenth century A.D. and the Toltec Empire, to the present; from legendary history to contemporary anthropological observation. The main focus of the book is upon life as it is lived today in this village, typical of many, by the Mexican peasant. Economics, intrafamily relationships, and the life cycle are described.

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