The Children Of Sanchez: autobiography of a Mexican family
by Lewis, Oscar
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Vintage Books, 1/1/1963. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 4th printing. Hint of shelf wear. Anthropologist's tape-recorded documentary in which each of five members of a slum-dwelling Mexico City family tells about their lives. A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty-a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the S??Ãnchez family, told entirely by its members-Jesus, the 50-year-old patriarch, and his four adult children-as their lives unfold in the Mexico City slum they call home. Weaving together their extraordinary personal narratives, Oscar Lewis creates a sympathetic but ultimately tragic portrait that is at once harrowing and humane, mystifying and moving. An invaluable document, full of verve and pathos, The Children of Sanchez reads like the best of fiction, with the added impact that it is all, undeniably, true.
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
- SequiturBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1503230114
- Title
- The Children Of Sanchez: autobiography of a Mexican family
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Date Published
- 1/1/1963
- Weight
- 2.13 lbs
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