Five families
Subtitle: Mexican case studies in the culture of poverty
By: Oscar Lewis ; with a new introduction by Margaret Mead ; foreward by Oliver La Farge
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Families -- Mexico -- Case studies.; Poverty -- Mexico -- Case studies.; Famille -- Mexique -- Cas, Études de.; Pauvres -- Mexique.; Mexico -- Social conditions -- Case studies.; Mexico -- Economic conditions -- Case studies.; Mexique -- Conditions sociales.
Genres: Case studies.; Cas, Études de.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351).