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Nov 7, 2023 · Ed Conway takes us from the ethereal world to the material world in his fascinating new book Material World- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization. A world we overlook and take for granted but a world that has and will continue to transform our geopolitical map.
About Material World. Called “Fascinating! An incredible book” by Oprah Winfrey, this beloved photography collection vividly portrays the look and feel of the human condition everywhere on Earth.
- Peter Menzel
- Paperback
In Material World, Ed Conway travels the globe - from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe, to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan, to the eerie green pools where lithium originates - to uncover a secret world we rarely see.
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- Ed Conway
- Mali: The Natomo Family. It’s common for men in this West African country to have two wives, as 39-year-old Soumana Natomo does, which increases their progeny and in turn their chance to be supported in old age.
- China: The Wu Family. The nine members of this extended family live in a 3-bedroom, 600-sq-foot dwelling in rural Yunnan Province. They have no telephone and get news through two radios and the family’s most prized possession, a television.
- United States: The Skeen Family. Rick and Pattie Skeen’s 1,600-sq-foot house lies on a cul-de-sac in Pearland, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Rick, 36, now splices cables for a phone company.
- India: The Yadev Family. 25-year old Mashre Yadev had her first child when she was 17 and is now mother to a total of four. Every morning, she draws water from a well so that her older children can wash before school.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years.
- Hardcover
Oct 11, 1994 · ‘Material World’ is a striking snapshot of material culture across the world in the early 1990s. The photographs are beautiful and invite careful perusal.
Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann. University of California Press, 1994 - Business & Economics - 255 pages. Photo spreads, with brief commentaries, of...
