Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty by Ruth M. Lewis, Oscar Lewis, Margaret Mead

Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty

Ruth M. Lewis, Oscar Lewis, Margaret Mead

368 pages first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

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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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