- Published: 18 April 2017
- ISBN: 9780141028743
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 880
- RRP: $29.99
Empire Of Things
The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years.
We are what we consume. From Renaissance Italy and late Ming China to today's shoppers, this is the epic history of the things that have seduced, enriched and unsettled our lives over the centuries - showing that rampant consumption is a truly global phenomenon, with a much longer history than we realize.
- Published: 18 April 2017
- ISBN: 9780141028743
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 880
- RRP: $29.99
A masterpiece of historical research but also, much more importantly, a delight to read . . . a rare and beautiful thing
Gerard DeGroot, The Times
I read Empire Of Things with unflagging fascination . . . elegant, adventurous and colourful . . . gleefully provocative
John Preston, Daily Mail
Such a pleasure to read . . . From Victorian department stores to modernist kitchens, his book revels in the things that most historians tend to overlook
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Fascinating. You can't not learn something new here . . . [An] epic tale
Independent
