Material World: A Global Family Portrait (Sierra Club Books Publication) (Taschenbuch) von Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann Rezensionen: In honor of the United Nations-sponsored International Year of the Family in 1994, award-winning photojournalistPeter Menzelbrought together 16 of the world's leading photographers to create a visual portrait of life in 30 nations.Material Worldtackles 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. 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.Material Worldis a lesson in economics and geography, reminding us of the world's inequities, but also of humanity's common threads. An engrossing, enlightening book.--Maria Dolan © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Material ,  World ,  Global  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Hungry Planet: What the World Eats von Faith D'Aluisio So isst der Mensch. Familien in aller Weilt zeigen, was sie ernährt (GEO Buch) von Peter Menzel Women in the Material World von Faith D'Aluisio Menschenkinder (GEO Buch) von Johanna Wieland Mehr zu  Photography,  Portraits,  Globalization,  Marriage & Family Home ...,    Verwandte produkte ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)