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Material World

A Global Family Portrait

Author Peter Menzel
Paperback
$32.00 US
Catapult | Counterpoint
On sale Oct 03, 1995 | 256 Pages | 9780871564306
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Text by Charles C. Mann, Introduction by Paul Kennedy. Material World displays families in more than 30 nations outside their homes with all their possessions in view, with text describing what it means to be "average" in each of the 30 very dissimilar cultures, as well as the impact of each way of life on the environment. "A bold an imaginative experiment--an attempt to capture, through photos and statistics, both the common humanity of the peoples inhabiting our Earth and the great differences in material goods and circumstances that make rich and poor societies."--Paul Kennedy, from the Introduction
Peter Menzel is a photographer known for his coverage of international feature stories on science and the environment. His award-winning photographs have been published in Life, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Stern, GEO, and Le Figaro. Together with Faith D’Aluisio, he is the co-creator of the books Material World: A Global Family Portrait and Women in the Material World; and is the co-author of Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.

Faith D'Aluisio is a former television news producer and is the editor and lead writer for their Material World books, which include Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Women in the Material World, the James Beard Award-winning Man Eating Bugs, and What the World Eats.
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Text by Charles C. Mann, Introduction by Paul Kennedy. Material World displays families in more than 30 nations outside their homes with all their possessions in view, with text describing what it means to be "average" in each of the 30 very dissimilar cultures, as well as the impact of each way of life on the environment. "A bold an imaginative experiment--an attempt to capture, through photos and statistics, both the common humanity of the peoples inhabiting our Earth and the great differences in material goods and circumstances that make rich and poor societies."--Paul Kennedy, from the Introduction

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Peter Menzel is a photographer known for his coverage of international feature stories on science and the environment. His award-winning photographs have been published in Life, National Geographic, Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Stern, GEO, and Le Figaro. Together with Faith D’Aluisio, he is the co-creator of the books Material World: A Global Family Portrait and Women in the Material World; and is the co-author of Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.

Faith D'Aluisio is a former television news producer and is the editor and lead writer for their Material World books, which include Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Women in the Material World, the James Beard Award-winning Man Eating Bugs, and What the World Eats.
Peter Menzel View titles by Peter Menzel

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