The individual and committee reports on the sociology of Puebla, Mexico, which are collected here, were written by participants in an NDEA Summer Institute program of the University of Wichita, Kansas. The underlying motives of the program, described in the preface, were to provide participants with real language experience and a chance to practice language skills. Methods devised for fulfilling these objectives are also outlined. Among the topics covered in the reports are education, government, industry, religion, transportation and communication, recreation, tradition and family life, and language features. (AF)