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Empire of Things
- How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- Lu par : Mark Meadows
- Durée : 33 h et 6 min
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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 extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British Empire to the present. Astonishingly wide ranging and richly detailed, Empire of Things explores how we have come to live with so much more, how this changed the course of history and the global challenges we face as a result.
Frank Trentmann is a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London, and directed the £5 million Cultures of Consumption research programme. His last book, Free Trade Nation, won the Whitfield Prize for outstanding historical scholarship and achievement from the Royal Historical Society. He was educated at Hamburg University, the LSE and Harvard, where he received his PhD. In 2014 he was Moore Distinguished Fellow at Caltech.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation4 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- John
- 09/03/2016
An exhaustive attempt to get the story right
Ultimately a story absent key chapters such as the rise of Spain, Portugal and the that ultimate consumer product money, or in this case gold, silver and spices.It's a story told from the myopic Anglo American academic view that just gets it all wrong.Perhaps because we have become a shadow financial capitalist empire he could not see the forest for the trees.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- John R. Stanley
- 17/06/2016
truly informative
What made the experience of listening to Empire of Things the most enjoyable?
Technically, no glitches, smooth audio and comfortable tone of voice that did not put me to slep!
Who was your favorite character and why?
not appicable
Have you listened to any of Mark Meadows’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
no
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
if possible, definitely...alas, I have a job, lol.
Any additional comments?
These types of books, on society, economics and even politics and power, are not read enough. I highly recommend that our citizenry start learning about what not only makes our world turn, but what makes is come to a screeching halt. You can start with this book.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Lwazilwenkosi
- 31/05/2016
Love it
Love the book. Comes through as very well researched and written. Would have loved to read more about the developing world consumption trends. That said, it still offers an interesting glimpse.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Yhatze
- 20/11/2017
It's not a nail-biter, but worthy of listening
The entire world needs to listen to this as I feel that it is a much needed wake-up call to the unsustainable pace we all are a part of. If you have ever exchanged money or bartered for a product or service, then you need to listen to this.
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Global3 out of 5 stars
- Lucky eL
- 08/06/2020
good info but British drabby
so like my title said... lots of info but at a certain point reads and feels like an audible text book... kind of a struggle to finish... but I finished it though so... I'd recommend for the info. but it is a bit long and a bit much.