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Oscar Lewis

Born

in New York, New York, The United States

December 25, 1914

Died

December 16, 1970

Genre

Nonfiction, Sociology

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Oscar Lewis was born in New York City in 1914, and grew up on a small farm in upstate New York. He received his PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1940, and taught at Brooklyn College and Washington University before helping to found the anthropology department at the University of Illinois, where he was a professor from 1948 until his death. From his first visit to Mexico in 1943, Mexican peasants and city dwellers were among his major interests. In addition to The Children of Sanchez, his other studies of Mexican life include Life in a Mexican Village, Five Families, Pedro Martinez, and A Death in the Sanchez Family. He is also the author of La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York, which ...more

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	The Children of Sánchez 4.21 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty by Oscar Lewis, Ruth M. Lewis, Margaret Mead (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1959 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty-San Juan and New York 4.01 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1966 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Death in the Sánchez Family 4.14 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1969 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hawaii: Gem of the Pacific by Oscar Lewis, Stephen Medvey (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant And His Family by Oscar Lewis, Alberto Beltrán (illustrator) 3.58 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1964 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tepoztlan: Village in Mexico 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1960 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bay Window Bohemia 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Women: Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba by Oscar Lewis, Ruth M Lewis, Susan M. Rigdon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Men: Living the Revolution: An Oral History of Contemporary Cuba by Oscar Lewis, Ruth M Lewis, Susan M. Rigdon 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Consuelo: Away from them, I realised that they formed a circle, or rather a net in which they were enmeshed together. I was the only one out of it. Being near them only made me feel more alone.”
― Oscar Lewis

tags: breaking-free, dysfunctional-families, family-dynamics

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“[...] vous savez, un doute fait plus de mal qu'une déception.”
― Oscar Lewis, The Children of Sánchez

tags: doute, déception, espoir, mexico, mexico-city

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“Any issue, wrote he, the front page of which failed to elicit a 'Gee whiz!' from its readers was a failure, whereas the second page ought to bring forth a 'Holy Moses!' and the third an astounded 'God Almighty!”
― Oscar Lewis, Bay Window Bohemia

tags: william-randolph-hearst

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