This volume focuses on the nature and study of collectors and collecting from 1960 onwards. Concentrating on "new" collecting, this volume explores how old trends such as the collecting of antiques, have been superseded by the collection of more "everyday" items, such as telephone cards.
'The series is well produced, the proof reading is good...and the authors are to be congratulated on bringing together such a wealth of interesting material...they have created books which are simply a delight to dip into.' International Journal of Heritage Studies '...these volumes...will be a boon to writers in this subject-area as finding-aids to specific passages.' Journal of the History of Collections