Description
| Product ID: | 9780141028743 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Empire of Things |
| Subtitle: | How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First |
| Authors: | Author: Frank Trentmann |
| Page Count: | 912 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Consumerism, Economic history, Consumerism, Economic history, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-02-02 |