Material World: A Global Family Portrait

Material World: A Global Family Portrait 

by Peter Menzel 

Language: English 

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1995, ©1994. 

255 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm. 

ISBN: 9780871564306, 0871564300 

Summary: Photographs show the homes and possessions of average families in thirty countries around the world and document each family's lifestyle.

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Women in the material world

Women in the material world 

by Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel 

Language: English 

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2004. 

256 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. 

ISBN: 9780871569844, 0871569841 

Summary: A collection of 375 full-color photographs, accompanied by candid first-person chronicles, statistics, and insights, reflect the status of women around the world, offering a rich portrait of the lives, aspirations, feelings, and beliefs of women from a wide range of cultures.

Material world

306.85

Menzel, Peter

Material world : a global family portrait

San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1994.

255 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 31 cm.

$39.95 (trade cloth)

ISBN: 0871564378

Reviews: Voice of Youth Advocates, School Library Journal, Reference & Research Book News, Library Journal