Contents 
Foreword by Jerome S. Bruner 
Preface 
page vii 
ix 
Introduction: making sense of human possession 
PartI Psychology: principles of human possession 
Experiencing possession 
Claiming ownership 
Possession and ownership transfer 
Symbolic spinoffs of possession 
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Part II Development: human ontogeny of possession 
First possession 
6 
Ownership in development 
7 
Sharing in development 
Part III Culture: human possession in context 
Culture and possession 
D 
Possession in children across cultures 
Conclusion: Great Transformation 
References 
Index 
19 
21 
16 
75 
106 
141 
143 
172 
204 
233 
235 
255 
2890 
297 
315