An edition of Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, From the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First (2016)

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2016

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Language

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Dedication.

List of Illustrations.

List of Figures.

Introduction.

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?

Epilogue.

Acknowledgements.

Notes.

Index.

Illustrations.

About the Author.

Credits.

About the Publisher.

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Library of Congress: HC79.C6T74 2016b, HC79.C6 T74 2016, HC79.C6 T74 2016b

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Format: Ebook
Number of pages: 862

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Open Library: OL25932223M
ISBN 13: 9780062456328
LCCN: 2016304623
OCLC/WorldCat: 933728457

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Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, From the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

by Frank Trentmann