Five Families
Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty
by Oscar Lewis
351 pages· 1975· ISBN 9780465097050
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One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology, Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men, women, and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live.
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