{"product_id":"la-vida-by-oscar-lewis-1966-trade-paperback","title":"La Vida by Oscar Lewis","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award-Winning Study of Poverty in San Juan and New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1967 National Book Award for Nonfiction, anthropologist Oscar Lewis presents an in-depth field study of a Puerto Rican family across San Juan slums and New York City apartments. Lewis records tape-recorded first-person oral histories from matriarch Fernanda Ríos, her adult children, and extended family members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text documents urban survival strategies, informal economies, family dynamics, and migration patterns between Puerto Rico and mainland America during the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy You’ll Love This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Lewis provides raw tape-recorded oral histories, urban anthropology field data, and 1960s Puerto Rican migration records. An indispensable landmark text for sociology students, urban historians, and Latin American studies readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fehmerling Books","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback","offer_id":49235036242074,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/3455\/3498\/files\/oscar-lewis-la-vida-front-cover.jpg?v=1789506620","url":"https:\/\/www.fehmerlingbooks.com\/products\/la-vida-by-oscar-lewis-1966-trade-paperback","provider":"Fehmerling Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}