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

Trentmann, Frank2017
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Main title:
Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first / by Frank Trentmann.
Author:
Trentmann, Frank
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2017.©2016
Collation:
xviii, 862 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 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? -- Epilogue.
ISBN:
01410287429780141028743 (paperback)
Dewey class:
339.4709
Language:
English
Subject:
Consumption (Economics) -- HistoryConsumers -- History
BRN:
340382
Bookmark link:
https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=340382
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