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<p>Nearly 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 <i>Collections of Nothing</i>, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate.</p> <p>Part memoir, part reflection on the mania of acquisition, <i>Collections of Nothing</i> begins with the stamp collection that King was given as a boy.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- King, William Davies
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226437019
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Memoir, Reference, Art
- Rating
- 2.96 / 5 (166 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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