Oscar Lewis

Lewis, circa 1970 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''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    La cultura de la pobreza / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1972
    Book
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    Antropología de la pobreza : cinco familias / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1961
    Book
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    Ensayos antropológicos / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1986
    Book
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    Los hijos de Sánchez : autobiografía de una familia mexicana / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1971
    Book
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    Los hijos de Sánchez : autobiografía de una familia mexicana / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1966
    Book
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    Una muerte en la familia Sánchez / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1970
    Book
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    Pedro Martínez : un campesino mexicano y su familia / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1966
    Book
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    Tepoztlán : un pueblo de México / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1968
    Book
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    La vida : una familia puertorriqueña en la cultura de la pobreza, San Juan y Nueva York / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1969
    Book
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    Viviendo la revolución : una historia oral de Cuba contemporánea, cuatro hombres / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1980
    Book
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    Antropología de la pobreza : cinco familias / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1964
    Book
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    La vida : una familia puertorriqueña en la cultura de la pobreza San Juan y Nueva York / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1966
    Book
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    La cultura de la pobreza / by Lewis, Oscar, 1914-1970

    Published 1972
    Book
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