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The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1961 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth boards, brown cloth spine with foil titles & black rules, xxxiii, 499, [1] pp. Owner's address label on ffep, edges slightly faded, faintly musty. DJ corners & spine ends rubbed, a few tears (longest is 2 cm); in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, "The Children of Sanchez is a deep and intimate account of an actual family from the slums of Mexico City.... The story they tell is in their own words. ... It is a measure of Oscar Lewis' genius that he has used the techniques of anthropology to give people who are rarely heard from directly--the inheritors of the culture of poverty--their own voice." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.
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
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SSAN00034
- Title
- The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Anthropology Mexico City
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
- Size
- 23½ X 16 cm
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About the Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
We are mail-order sellers of used and out-of-print books, selling on the Web since 2000.
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