A HOUSE of MY OWN(English, Paperback, The University of Arizona Press)

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A HOUSE of MY OWN(English, Paperback, The University of Arizona Press) is written by The University of Arizona Press and published by University of Arizona Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0816507619 (ISBN 10) and 9780816507610 (ISBN 13).

A fairly comprehensive monograph, highly suitable for classroom use, that offers a wide range of information fit into traditional anthropological categories...an interesting study of cultural integrity and pattern in a setting of what appears to be complex sociopolitical chaos. American Anthropologist ""Whether or not one accepts Susan Lobo's optimistic analysis, her ability to translate the apparent chaos of shanty-town lives into such neat patterns and to help outsiders view life as the inhabitants do are important contributions."" Inter-American Review of Bibliography ""An extremely competent ethnography, simple and straightforward."" Anthropos ""A pleasure to read, a mine of information which will be useful in teaching students to formulate their own hypotheses."" International Journal of Urban & Regional Research ""Very well written and provides a great wealth of the liveliest sort of ethnographic detail."" Latin American Research Review ""Lobo's study of two squatter settlements in Lima provides a solid, well-written, detailed, traditional ethnography of poor families in a Third World urban setting."" Hispanic American Historical Review ""This well-written account ...has a lot of heart and feeling for the human face of the urban poor. "" International Migration Review