Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

Frank Trentmann

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
18 April 2017
Pages
912
ISBN
9780141028743

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

Frank Trentmann

The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years.

We are what we consume. From Renaissance Italy and late Ming China to today’s shoppers, this is the epic history of the things that have seduced, enriched and unsettled our lives over the centuries - showing that rampant consumption is a truly global phenomenon, with a much longer history than we realize.

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