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041 0 _aeng
082 0 0 _a301.2
100 1 _aLewis, Oscar,
_d1914-
245 1 0 _aAnthropological essays /
_cOscar Lewis.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_c[1970].
300 _axvii, 523 p.
_billus., maps. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographies.
505 0 _aControls and experiments in field work.--Tepoztl an restudied.--Further observations on the folk-urban continuum and urbanization, with special reference to Mexico City.--The culture of poverty.--An anthropological approach to family studies.--Comparisons in cultural anthropology.--The effects of white contact upon Blackfoot culture.--Manly-hearted women among the North Piegan.--Rural cross section.--Bumper crops in the desert.--Plow culture and hoe culture.--Wealth differences in a Mexican village.--Family dynamics in a Mexican village.--Medicine and politics in a Mexican village.--Group dynamics.--Caste and the Jajmani system in a North Indian village.--Peasant culture in India and Mexico.--Urbanization without breakdown.--The culture of the Vecindad in Mexico City.--The possesions of the poor.--A Thursday with Manuel.--Visit to a holy shrine.--"In New York you get swallowed by a horse."--Reminiscences of an aging Puerto Rican.--Publications of Oscar Lewis (p. [513]-517)
650 1 4 _aEthnology.
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_d368706