What we consume has become a central feature of modern life. Our economies live or die by spending, we increasingly define ourselves by our possessions, and this ever-richer lifestyle has had an extraordinary impact on our planet. How...

Frank Trentmann is 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...

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