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 enlarge | Authors: Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann
Creator: Paul Kennedy
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
Buy Used: $10.84
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 5657
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0871564300
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.85
EAN: 9780871564306
ASIN: 0871564300
Publication Date: October 3, 1995
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Incredible book--I wish it was 10 times thicker! August 28, 1998
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I could not stop reading this book--it has such a liberating global perspective and marvellous photographs. It forces the (sad) realization of inequality of incomes, but does not stop merely at that--rather, it also includes intriguing facts about each family's life, wishes for the future, philosophy of life, etc. Thus it is an "incomparable comparison tool" and could be used in any sociology/economics/anthropology/political science/philosophy class. My only problem is that it makes me guilty for having so many posessions. But in general I find it a solid brick in building transnational human understanding.
Thought-provoking; engrossing January 26, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every household should have a copy of this book. The photographs show how diverse the world is; how poor most of the world is; how vulnerable all humans are. It has provided for some good discussion with my children, and it made me reflect on what material goods I have and on what I value.
Truly puts a face on relative abundance December 21, 1997
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I teach economics and always bring this book to class when we discuss economic development and relative incomes. The pictures in this excellent book really give substance to the impersonal numbers on a list of countries with their respective per capita incomes. The pictures always have a dramatic effect on the students. I've probably "sold" thirty copies of this book in the past two years.
Enlightening! September 19, 1997
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great book. It really puts your life in perspective when you see how people in othercountries can survive happily with so few material goods. I think it has a special meaning around Christmas time, when it seems that all some people can think about is what items to give and receive. I especially liked the comparison of toilets from around the world; from the heated seat in Germany to a solitary tree in a less developed country
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