Material World: A Global Family Portrait [SCM]
by Peter Menzel Creator
Amazing photographs of families around the world posing in front of their houses with all their possessions. Also contains the photographer's notes as he traveled and got to know the various families.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-87156-430-0
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 30
- Pages
- 255
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, Islands, Europe, Middle East
- Historical Setting
- 1994 - 1994
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Copyright
- 1994
Sections
- 1 Mali: Dirt Poor
- 2 South Africa: Continental Divide
- 3 Ethiopia: Constant Struggle
- 4 Mongolia: Reconstruction
- 5 Japan: Paradoxical Affluence
- 6 China: One-Fifth of Humanity
- 7 India: Fragmented Giant
- 8 Bhutan: Resisting Cultural Change
- 9 Thailand: Buddha with a Walkman
- 10 Vietnam: Communist Free Market
- 11 Uzbekistan: Legacy of Lenin
- 12 Cuba: Cuba Libre?
- 13 Guatemala: Traditionally Endangered
- 14 Argentina: Stability—At a Price
- 15 Brazil: Southern Superpower?
- 16 United States: Moral Dilemma
- 17 Mexico: Vaulting into the Middle Class
- 18 Haiti: Tragedy upon Tragedy
- 19 Iceland: Fire and ice
- 20 Western Samoa: Paradise Lost
- 21 Germany: Uneasy Unity
- 22 Russia: Remains of Empire
- 23 Albania: Out of Isolation
- 24 Italy: Shrinking Families
- 25 Spain: After the Boom
- 26 Great Britain: Cold Island
- 27 Bosnia: Siege Mentality
- 28 Iraq: Postwar Blues
- 29 Kuwait: Oil Rich, Worker Poor
- 30 Israel: Fractious peace?
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