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Published
Penguin, April 2017
ISBN
9780141028743
Format
Softcover, 912 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 3.9cm

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

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

In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British Empire to the present. Astonishingly wide-ranging and richly detailed, Empire of Things explores how we have come to live with so much more, how this changed the course of history, and the global challenges we face as a result.

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