Title The material life of human beings : artifacts, behavior, and communication / Michael Brian Schiffer with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller.

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages)
	data file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-150) and index.
Contents	Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; What is human behavior?; Artifacts and ~interpersonal~ communication; Some first principles; A general theory of communication; Basic communication processes; Explaining performance: a general model of receiver response; Glossary; Notes; References; Index.
Summary	Through a broad range of examples, the author demonstrates how theories of behaviour and communication have too often ignored the fundamental importance of objects in human life.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Material culture.
	Material culture.
	Human behavior.
	Human behavior.
	Communication and culture.
	Communication and culture.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Miller, Andrea R.
Other Form:	Print version: Schiffer, Michael B. Material life of human beings. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 (DLC) 98051397
ISBN	9780203030547
	0203030540
	9780415200325 (hardback)
	0415200326 (hardback)
	9780415200332 (paperback)
	0415200334 (paperback)
	9781134637256
	113463725X
	0203030540
	0415200326 (hardback)
	0415200334 (paperback)