num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty
titlecomplete: Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty
genres: Nonfiction, Poverty, Social Science, Sociology, History, Anthropology
ratings_count: 317
places: Mexico
publisher: Basic Books