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

-- How we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first

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Looks at the history of the growth of consumerism, exposing the international nature of its expansion through the last six hundred years, and the challenges it poses to the planet.

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Title

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

Edition

First United States edition.

Authors

Trentmann, Frank

Subjects

Consumption (Economics)--History.
Consumption (Economics)
Consumers--History.
Consumers.
Mass society.
Materialism--Social aspects.
History.

Language

English

Published

New York [NY] : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.

Publication Desc

xvi, 862 pages, [24] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ;