Empire Of Things: How We Became A World Of Consumers, From The 15Th Century To The 21St'Magnificent groundbreaking a triumph' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads 'A masterpiece, a delight to read a rare and beautiful thing' Gerard DeGroot, The Times 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