Empire of things: how we became a world of consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First
- Submitting institution
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Birkbeck College
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 298
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Allen Lane Penguin
- ISBN
- 9780141028743
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This 690-page book charts the transformation of consumer culture over the last 500 years from the Renaissance and late Ming China to the present. Distinctive in temporal and spatial scale, it explores diverse dimensions such as politics, empires, habits, rhythms, age, finance and waste as well as shopping and acquisition. The book is based on 8 years of research, drawing on archives and libraries in Europe, North America and Asia, and printed books and articles running to over 200 pages. 2018 Winner of the Austrian prize for the best book in the humanities and social sciences.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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