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Empire of Things by Frank Trentmann
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraor ...Show more
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Professor of History Frank Trentmann (Professor of History, Birkbeck College, University of London Birkbeck College, University of London Birkbeck College, University of London Birkbeck College, University of London Birkbeck College, University of London)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Empire of Thingsisn't just an insightful and surprisingly entertaining read, but a crucial one. NPR What we consume has become a central perhaps the central feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle ...Show more
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