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Preface Part I: 1. People and things 2. What things are for Part II: 3. The most cherished objects in the home 4. Object relations and the development of the self 5. The home as symbolic environment 6. Characteristics of happy homes Part III: 7. The transactions between persons and things 8. Signs of family life 9. Meaning and survival Appendixes Name index Subject index.