false 486749 2 In honor of the United Nations-sponsored International Year of the Family in 1994, award-winning photojournalist Peter Menzel brought together 16 of the world's leading photographers to create a visual portrait of life in 30 nations. <I>Material World</I> tackles its wide subject by zooming in, allowing one household to represent an entire nation. Photographers spent one week living with a "statistically average" family in each country, learning about their work, their attitudes toward their possessions, and their hopes for the future. Then a "big picture" shot of the family was taken outside the dwelling, surrounded by all their (many or few) material goods.<p> The book provides sidebars offering statistics and a brief history for each country, as well as personal notes from the photographers about their experiences. But it is the "big pictures" that tell most of the story. In one, a British family pauses before a meal of tea and crumpets under a cloudy sky. In another, wary Bosnians sit beside mattresses used as sniper barricades. A Malian family composed of a husband, his two wives, and their children rests before a few cooking and washing implements in golden afternoon light. <I>Material World</I> is a lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads. An engrossing, enlightening book. <I>--Maria Dolan </I> 475029 11 10 1994 Material World: A Global Family Portrait total:267|5:179|4:68|3:19|2:1|1:0| 267 1226 412 61 4 4 false false Mon Jul 27 22:26:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 22:50:22 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:15:22 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:22:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 16:27:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 16:27:15 -0700 2009 Material World is absolutely wonderful and illuminating! The text is interesting and informative, but the gorgeous, revealing, full-color photographs really steal the show. It's not a book that can be read exactly; instead, it's a book to pour over, a reference book of sorts. The book never gets ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 17:55:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:55:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 22:39:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 22:52:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 15:58:45 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 10:06:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 29 05:31:01 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 29 05:32:21 -0700 2007
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In honor of the United Nations-sponsored International Year of the Family in 1994, award-winning photojournalist Peter Menzel brought together 16 of the world's leading photographers to create a visual portrait of life in 30 nations. Material World t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 20:39:28 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 20:42:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true true Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 13:18:14 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 13:18:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:26:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:26:25 -0800 2009 This book and "Women in the Material World" are amazing because they explore our values and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 20 03:00:30 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 06:38:22 -0800 2009
Indeed, the book is from 1994 and the snapshots capture 30 families and their countries in history. That it is ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Apr 21 11:20:36 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 11:22:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 15:05:33 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 20:45:29 -0700 2009
I wonder what my possessions would look like if I piled them all up outside of my house. Sadly, I think I still have way more than I need. But ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 21 11:22:13 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 14:14:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 18 16:36:50 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 15 01:47:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:11:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:11:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:58:08 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 13:00:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:21:22 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:35:53 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 14:52:05 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 14:58:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 16 20:05:17 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 20:07:21 -0800 2009