Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970.

Anthropological essays. - [1st ed.] - New York : Random House, [1970] - xvii, 523 p. : illus., maps. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographies.

Controls and experiments in field work.--Tepoztlán 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.--


Ethnology.

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