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The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the subject of their feelings about common... read more

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Humans display the intriguing characteristic of making and using objects.

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  1. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Author)
  2. Eugene Rochberg-Halton (Author)

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Publication Date: 1981
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  1. design
  2. material culture
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