Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first

Trentmann, Frank

Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first / Frank Trentmann - First U.S. Harper Perennial edition - xvi, 862 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-799) and index.

Three cultures of consumption The Enlightenment of consumption Imperium of things Cities The consumer revolution comes home Age of ideologies Inside affluence Asia consumes Buy now, pay later Not so fast From the cradle to the grave Outside the marketplace Home and away Matters of the spirit Throwaway society?

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Consumption (Economics)--History
Consumption (Economics)

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