Halton's first book, based on his dissertation and coauthored with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, has been translated into German and Italian and as of Jan., 2002 is in its ninth printing with Cambridge University Press. A Japanese translation is expected in 2007.

    Shortly after the book appeared, Michael Schudson wrote in the American Journal of Sociology, "The Meaning of Things is an unusual and important study...If there is ever to be the social psychology of materialism that Lee Rainwater called for nearly a decade ago, this is likely to be a keystone."

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Or here to hear Halton's favorite things! Favorite Things