02924nam 2200733 a 450 991045442540332120200520144314.01-282-00495-697866120049570-226-43709-410.7208/9780226437095(CKB)1000000000722566(EBL)432253(OCoLC)646794801(SSID)ssj0000124775(PQKBManifestationID)11140862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000124775(PQKBWorkID)10023771(PQKB)10705442(SSID)ssj0000777069(PQKBManifestationID)12378955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777069(PQKBWorkID)10748172(PQKB)11493099(MiAaPQ)EBC432253(DE-B1597)549819(DE-B1597)9780226437095(Au-PeEL)EBL432253(CaPaEBR)ebr10274280(CaONFJC)MIL200495(OCoLC)313141478(EXLCZ)99100000000072256620071207d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCollections of nothing[electronic resource] /William Davies KingChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (171 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-43701-9 0-226-43700-0 1 NOTHING LOST; 2 NOTHING GAINED; 3 NOTHING REGAINED; 4 NOTHING TO KEEP; 5 NOTHING SPECIAL; 6 NOTHING AT ALL; 7 THE REST; ACKNOWLEDGMENTSNearly everyone collects something, even those who don't think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades to collecting nothing-and a lot of it. With Collections of Nothing, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate. Part memoir, part reflection on the mania of acquisition, Collections of Nothing begins with the stamp collection that King was given as a boy. In the following years, rather than rarity or pedigree, he found himself searCollectors and collectingUnited StatesBiographyCollectors and collectingUnited StatesCollectors and collectingPsychological aspectsCollectors and collectingMiscellaneaElectronic books.Collectors and collectingCollectors and collectingCollectors and collectingPsychological aspects.Collectors and collecting790.1/32King W. D(W. Davies)890026MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454425403321Collections of nothing2212886UNINA