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 enlarge | Authors: Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann
Creator: Paul Kennedy
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 12870
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0871564300
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.85
EAN: 9780871564306
ASIN: 0871564300
Publication Date: October 3, 1995
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 What Blather!! August 20, 2007
5 out of 53 found this review helpful
This book is an attempt to shame Americans for living in the land of plenty. So what we have more stuff than other folks do! Most of the world is hobbled by war and bad government so people have less wealth than Americans. But I'm not losing any sleep over it. The Sierra Club is a political organization and this book is just that. . . politics. Read the part about American family ... "the legacy of slavery" and the "uneven distribution of wealth". What pure hooey!
Eye-Opening View of Other Cultures May 13, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Photos showing the possessions - all of them, great and small - and daily life of families from around the world are supplemented by text and factoids backing up the photos. The purpose of this book isn't to make materialistic Americans feel guilty, but the book is certainly thought- and discussion-provoking. This book will be appreciated most by older children and adults, but even my 6-year-old "got it." Viewing a photo of the complete contents - what little there were - from the home of an Albanian family, he asked, "Where's the rest of their stuff?" Honey, that's it. And that's the point.
Life Changing! April 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the most meaningful books I've ever read. It changed the way that I think about the world, about my own belongings. Incredible and a must have.
A Beautiful and Important Work March 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The photographs that are highlighted in "Material World" reveal people and their possessions, people from many countries, rich and poor. To see how many others in the world live gives us only a glimpse of our good fortune here in the U.S. A valuable and timely book.
Fantastic Resource February 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I homeschool my two children, and this book, along with Hungry Planet, are among my best resources for teaching my kids economics, geography, and sociology. The families portraits are fascinating, and by the end of the book, you find yourself wanting to pop over for dinner with any or all of them! A picture IS worth a thousand words. Amazing!
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