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Material World: A Global Family Portrait
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Counterpoint
Publication date October 1, 1995
Pages 255
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780871564306
ISBN-10 0871564300
Dimensions 0.75 by 9 by 12 in.
Weight 2.50 lbs.
Original list price $29.95
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Summary
Profiles thirty international and statistically average families, documenting their economic standings, needs, hopes, and beliefs about the future of the planet, in a study that reveals the environmental cost of materialism. Reprint. 45,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780871564375
 
With Sandra Eisert (other contributor), Charles C. Mann | from Counterpoint (October 1, 1994)
9780871564375 | details & prices | 256 pages | 9.75 × 12.25 × 1.00 in. | 3.25 lbs | List price $45.00
About: Photographs show the homes and possessions of average families in thirty countries around the world and document each family's lifestyle
Paperback
Book cover for 9780871564306
 
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With Paul Kennedy, Charles C. Mann | from Counterpoint (October 1, 1995)
9780871564306 | details & prices | 255 pages | 9.00 × 12.00 × 0.75 in. | 2.50 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Photographs show the homes and possessions of average families in thirty countries around the world and document each family's lifestyle
Cassette/Spoken Word
from Ten Speed Pr (May 1, 1998)
9781574530759 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: In an unprecedented effort, sixteen of the world’s foremost photographers traveled to thirty nations around the globe to live for a week with families that were statistically average for that nation.

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