Mexico : a study of two Americas

Description:

Stuart Chase presents a characterization of life in Tepoztlán México (based on Robert Redfield's ethnography) and Middletown, USA (based on a study by Robert S. Lynd y Helen M. Lynd) in order to argue the moral superiority of life in a traditional society in contrast to a machine-ridden modern one.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Civilization,  Description and travel,  modernity,  tradition

Places: Mexico,  Middletown,  Tepoztlan,  USA