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Material world:

a global family portrait
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University of California Press, 1994 - Photography - 255 pages
We are witnessing the emergence of a unified world economy, as exemplified by NAFTA and GATT, that will, in theory, make goods available at cheaper prices, create new jobs throughout the world, raise standards of living, and benefit the average family. However, population growth and resource exploitation will also affect these potential benefits as patterns of consumption change. In stunning photographs and text, Material World demonstrates the present context for the emerging global economy, what it means to be "statistically average," by displaying families in more than thirty nations outside their homes - with all their possessions in view.
Among the 350 stunning images are those of a family in lush Samoa juxtaposed with a Kuwaiti family and the two Mercedes-Benzes parked outside their desert home; a family in Iceland posing with their treasured string instruments while a family in Sarajevo huddles outside their bullet-ridden apartment. The text describes what it means to be "average" in each of thirty very dissimilar cultures and the impact of each way of life on the local environment. Statistical information about each country accompanies the photo-essays so that readers can easily compare one culture with another.
Material World is a fascinating portrait of multicultural diversity and a preview of emerging issues raised by the impact of the global economy on the cultural heritage of the human community.
  

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I absolutely love this book. The guy has people take everything out of their home and photographs them with all of it. There are lots of information and stats throughout the book. This book is good ... Read full review

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User Review  - K - Goodreads

Gorgeous, poignant photographs show financially "average" families from around the globe posing in front of their dwellings with all their material possessions. The text and additional photos supply ... Read full review

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
7
by Peter Menzel
13
TELEVISIONS OF THE WORLD
36
LATIN AMERICA
106
Fire and Ice
162
MEALS OF THE WORLD
176
TOILETS OF THE WORLD
224
APPENDICES
248
AFTERWORD
255
Copyright

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About the author (1994)

Peter Menzel is an internationally known photojournalist who writes many of his books in collaboration with his wife, Faith D'Aluisio. Titles of some include "Material World: A Global Family Portrait," "Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects" (the writing of which required the two to actually devour bugs), and "Women in the Material World.

Charles C. Mann is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, Science, and Wired. He has also written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, the television network HBO, and the television series Law and Order. He has received writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. He has written or co-written several books including The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics, The Aspirin Wars: Money, Medicine, and 100 Years of Rampant Competition, Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species, At Large: The Strange Case of the Internet's Biggest Invasion, and 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created which made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. His book, 1491, won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year.

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TitleMaterial world: a global family portrait
AuthorPeter Menzel
author of text accompanying photosCharles Mann
ContributorCharles Mann
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniversity of California Press, 1994
ISBN0871564300, 9780871564306
Length255 pages
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Photography / Photoessays & Documentaries
Photography / Subjects & Themes / Portraits
Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
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