Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open

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Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors

Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history, consumerism, contemporary culture, the meaning of material culture, domestic architecture, and household ethnoarchaeology. Far richer in information and more incisive than America at Home (Smolan and Erwitt), it also moves well beyond Rick Smolan's Day in the Life series. It is a distant cousin of Material World and Hungry Planet in content and style, but represents a blend of rigorous science and photography that none of these books can claim. Using archaeological approaches to human material culture, this volume offers unprecedented access to the middle-class American home through the kaleidoscopic lens of no-limits photography and many kinds of never-before acquired data about how people actually live their lives at home.
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Based on a rigorous, nine-year project at UCLA, this book has appeal not only to scientists but also to all people who share intense curiosity about what goes on at home in their neighborhoods. Many who read the book will see their own lives mirrored in these pages and can reflect on how other people cope with their mountains of possessions and other daily challenges. Readers abroad will be equally fascinated by the contrasts between their own kinds of materialism and the typical American experience. The book will interest a range of designers, builders, and architects as well as scholars and students who research various facets of U.S. and global consumerism, cultural history, and economic history.

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781931745611
Edition	1st Edition....
ISBN	1931745617
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Label	The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Manufacturer	The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	180
PublicationDate	2012-07-12
Publisher	The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Studio	The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors

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