The Children of Sanchez : Autobiography of a Mexican Family
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1961. Third Printing. Hardcover. Owner name. Small fraying section along tail of spine. Dustjacket has minor edge wear and light chipping. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 499 pages .
Synopsis
The Children of Sanchez is a 1961 book by American anthropologist Oscar Lewis about a Mexican family living in the Mexico City slum of Tepito, which he studied as part of his program to develop his concept of culture of poverty.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141022
- Title
- The Children of Sanchez : Autobiography of a Mexican Family
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin American History;
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Novel Ideas Books
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Decatur, Illinois
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...