Anthropological essays
by Lewis, Oscar (1914-1970)
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- Hardcover
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New York, Random House, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 523 pages; Stated 1st Edition. xvii, 523 p. illus., maps. 25 cm. Subjects: Ethnology -- Anthropology -- Essays. Contents: Controls and experiments in field work. --Tepoztlan 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 possessions 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.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54590
- Title
- Anthropological essays
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar (1914-1970)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Random House
- Date Published
- 1970
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