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The effects of White contact upon Blackfoot cultureBook 1973 • Lewis, Oscar
Blackfoot • North America > Plains and Plateau
This is a study of the acculturative effects of the American and Canadian fur trade on Blackfoot institutions (economy, social organization, marriage, religion and warfare) over a period of more than 100 years (1730-1860), based on the author's analy...Life in a Mexican village: Tepoztlán restudiedBook 1951 • Lewis, Oscar
Nahua • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
As the subtitle indicates, this work reports the results of a restudy of the same community introduced by Redfield (see document No. 1, this collection). The author, as principal investigator, had the aid and cooperation of a team of graduate anthrop...Tepoztlánbook chapter 1960 • Lewis, Oscar
Nahua • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
Since this book is a condensation of the material appearing in 2: Lewis, only Chapter 8, 'The Changing Village,' has been processed. Lewis examines some of the major changes in the village as revealed by his restudy in 1956, thus supplementing his or...