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Five families

Paperback • 1975 • English

Five families: Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty

By Oscar Lewis

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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.

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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1975

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English

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Five families

Format

Paperback

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