Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter
- New York: Routledge, 1998.
- xi, 243 pages. : 14 illustrations ; 24 cm.
Why some things matter / Daniel Miller Radio texture: between self and others / Jo Tacchi From woollen carpet to grass carpet: bridging house and garden in an English suburb / Sophie Chevalier Window shopping at home: classifieds, catalogues and new consumer skills / Alison J. Clarke The message in paper / Andrea Pellegram Material of culture, fabric of identity / Neil Jarman Calypso's consequences / Justin Finden-Crofts Coca-Cola: a black sweet drink from Trinidad / Daniel Miller Signs of the new nation: gift exchange, consumption and aid on a former collective farm in north-west Estonia / Sigrid Rausing At home and abroad: inalienable wealth, personal consumption and the formulations of femininity in the southern Philippines / Mark Johnson