Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first
By: Trentmann, Frank
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2016.Description: xiii, 862 p. : ill.+ 8 p. of plates ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780062456328Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- History | Consumption (Economics) | Materialism -- Social aspects -- United States | Mass societyDDC classification: 339.4709 TR EM Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
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.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 339.4709 TR EM (Browse shelf) | Available | T0055279 |
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Introduction -- Part one. Three cultures of consumption -- The Enlightenment of consumption -- Imperium of things -- Cities -- The consumer revolution comes home -- Age of ideologies -- Inside affluence -- Asia consumes -- Part two. Preface -- 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.
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.