So Much Stuff
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-80142-1 (ISBN)
Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal, and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet.
With So Much Stuff, archaeologist Chip Colwell sets out to investigate why humankind went from self-sufficient primates to nonstop shoppers, from needing nothing to needing everything. Along the way, he uncovers spectacular and strange points around the world-an Italian cave with the world's first known painted art, a Hong Kong skyscraper where a priestess channels the gods, and a mountain of trash that rivals the Statue of Liberty. Through these examples, Colwell shows how humanity took three leaps that led to stuff becoming inseparable from our lives, inspiring a love affair with things that may lead to our downfall. Now, as landfills brim and oceans drown in trash, Colwell issues a timely call to reevaluate our relationship with the things that both created and threaten to undo our overstuffed planet.
Chip Colwell is an archaeologist, former museum curator, and editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine about anthropological thinking and discoveries. He is the author and editor of twelve books, including the award-winning Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
On the Origin of Things: An Introduction
Leap 1: Make Tools
1. First Things First
2. The Matter at Hand
3. Everything under the Sun
Leap 2: Make Meaning
4. A Thing of Beauty
5. Articles of Faith
6. Dress Coded
Leap 3: Make More
7. In the Thick of Things
8. A Material World
9. Too Much of a Good Thing
On the Future of Things: A Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Key Terms and Concepts
Notes
References
Image Credits
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.10.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 60 halftones |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 594 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-226-80142-X / 022680142X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-80142-1 / 9780226801421 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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