Empire Of Things
Author: Trentmann, Frank
ISBN: 9780141028743
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 880
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 43mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
ISBN: 9780141028743
Publisher: Penguin Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 880
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 43mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
