Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first
Trentmann, Frank2016
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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 supermarket. 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.
Main title:
Author:
Trentmann, Frank, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2016.London : Allen Lane, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xviii, 862 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
PART ONE -- 1.Three Cultures of Consumption -- 2.The Enlightenment of Consumption -- 3.Imperium of Things -- 4.Cities -- 5.The Consumer Revolution Comes Home -- 6.Age of Ideologies -- 7.Inside Affluence -- 8.Asia Consumes -- PART TWO -- Preface -- 9.Buy Now, Pay Later -- 10.Not So Fast -- 11.From the Cradle to the Grave -- 12.Outside the Marketplace -- 13.Home and Away -- 14.Matters of the Spirit -- 15.Throwaway Society?.
ISBN:
9780713999624 (hardback)0713999624 (hardback)
Dewey class:
339.47
Language:
English
BRN:
425295
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