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

Frank Trentmann • Rizzoli • ISBN 9780062456328

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

Frank Trentmann • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 9780062456328

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2016

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ISBN 9780062456328 • Completeness 48

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A comprehensive historical analysis of how consumer culture emerged and transformed human existence from the fifteenth century to the present day.

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Publisher: Rizzoli
2016
Pages: 862

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Contributor: Frank Trentmann

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Category: Cultural HistoryCategory: Economic HistoryCategory: Global HistoryCategory: History Of ConsumptionCategory: Material Culture StudiesCategory: Social HistoryCategory: Material CultureCategory: Consumerism

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