Tropical Childhood: Cultural Transmission and Learning in a Rural Puerto Rican Village

Landy, David, Tropical Childhood: Cultural Transmission and Learning in a Rural Puerto Rican Village, New York: Harper & Row, 1965.

Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology © 1961.

Reviewed in Marriage and Family Living © 1961.

Reviewed in American Anthropologist.

From the Acknowledgments:

The primary acknowledgment must be rendered the Social Science Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico and its director Millard Hansen, for foresight in launching the Family Life Project, of which this study is a part. Special thanks are also due Reuben Hill, of the University of Minnesota and director of the Family Life Project, for his forbearance and understanding in helping the writer see his portion of that project through to completion. His careful and detailed criticisms were indispensable in achieving greater clarity and utility for the data. Gratitude is also expressed to J. Mayone Stycos of Cornell University for many helpful suggestions