# Five Families

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- Book: [Five Families](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-lewis/five-families) ([Five Families.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-lewis/five-families.md))
- Authors: [Oscar Lewis](https://www.bookquiver.com/oscar-lewis), [Ruth Lewis](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruth-lewis)
- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6509-705-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1975-12-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology, Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men, women, and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live.