Tepoztlan Village in Mexico Author:Oscar Lewis This is a book of very broad scope about a single Mexican village, Tepoztlan, in the 1950s. Economics, intrafamily relationships, and the life cycle are described. Dr. Lewis analyzes the inner feelings of the villagers, their motivations and values, and in the last chapter gives a vivid account of change as Tepoztlan acquires electri... more »city, new roads, buses, and even formula for baby bottles; all harbingers of more sweeping changes to come as the village of the Mexican peasant adapts to the impact of urbanization and industrialization.« less
Anthropologist Oscar Lewis studied this Central Mexican village in 1943 and again in 1956-1957, emphasizing the 20th century changes in ordinary people's lives.