Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First DELED Part Number: 9780099580799

Part Number: 9780099580799

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Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First DELED Part Number: 9780099580799Author: Trentmann, Frank Edition: 01 Binding: Kindle Edition Format: Kindle eBook Number Of Pages: 688 Release Date: 28 01 2016 Details: The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a