Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Lewis on the half title page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper includes a previous owner's inked name and date. The dust jacket has edge wear, nicking rubbing and some general wear and tear. The spine of the dust jacket is faded. "Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (December 25, 1914 – December 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national boundaries. Lewis contended that the cultural similarities occurred because they were "common adaptations to common problems" and that "the culture of poverty is both an adaptation and a reaction of the poor classes to their marginal position in a class-stratified, highly individualistic, capitalistic society." He won the 1967 U. S. National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion for La vida: a Puerto Rican family in the culture of poverty--San Juan and New York. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A42124
Title: Sagebrush Casinos: The Story of Legal Gambling in Nevada
Author: Lewis, Oscar
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: Western Americana, Oscar Lewis, Nevada, Signed Edition, Las Vegas, NV, Reno, Nevada, Casinos, Legal Gambling
Bookseller catalogs: Western Americana;

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