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The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Stated First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying; slight fading along front board bottom edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 499 pages + "About the Author." Clean jacket designed by Janet Halverson is unfaded, not price clipped, unchipped, one very short closed edge tear; photo and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A classic study of poverty - one family in Mexico City tells their story..
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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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31837
- Title
- The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Stated First printing.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- POVERTY, OSCAR LEWIS, MEXICO CITY, MEXICAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY,FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Society; Mexico;
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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