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Oscar Lewis

168

Works

6,591

Citations

30

h-index

53

i10-index

Research Topics

Latin American and Latino Studies Cuban History and Society American Environmental and Regional History

Affiliations

University of Cape Town1978–1983

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1954–1969

Washington University in St. Louis1947–1947

University of Illinois System1951–1970

University of Florida1965–1965

Top Works

The Culture of Poverty

19661,380 citations

Social Sciences and Policies

Mexican Socioeconomic and Environmental Dynamics

Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty.

Clarence Senior,Oscar Lewis

1959929 citations

La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty--San Juan and New York.

David Caplovitz,Oscar Lewis

1968746 citations

La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty-San Juan and New York.

Madeline H. Engel,Oscar Lewis

1967325 citations

The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family.

Mirra Komarovsky,Oscar Lewis

1962303 citations

The Children of Sanchez

Hall Bartlett,Oscar Lewis,et al.

1961301 citations

The Children of Sanchez; Autobiography of a Mexican Family.

Elman R. Service,Oscar Lewis

1962224 citations

Five Families. Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty.

Ralph L. Beals,Oscar Lewis

1961218 citations

Life in a Mexican Village : Tepoztlan Restudied

1951198 citations