Empire of Things
Author: Trentmann, Frank
ISBN: 9780141028743
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 Apr 2017
Pages: 912
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780141028743
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 Apr 2017
Pages: 912
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
