Anthropological Essays de Lewis, Oscar - 1970

NY: Random House, 1970. 2nd Printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; lit green buckram w/black boards; 523 clean, unmarked pages/index [Contents: Controls and experiments in field work. --Tepoztlan 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 possessions of the poor. --A Thursday with Manuel. --Visit to a holy shrine. --"In New York you get swallowed by a horse." --Reminiscences of an aging Puerto Rican. --]. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 Vo.