"'The Cultures of Collecting' examines the psychology, history and theory of the primary compulsion to accumulate, classify and arrange." -- publisher's statement. Edited by John Elsner and Roger Cardinal. With essays by Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Mieke Bal, John Forrester, John Windsor, Naomi Schor, Susan Stewart, Anthony Alan Shelton, John Elsner, Roger Cardinal and an interview with Robert Opie. Includes index. Illustrated in black-and-white.