It takes the average reader 14 hours and 40 minutes to read Empire of Things by Frank Trentmann
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
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...
Empire of Things by Frank Trentmann is 880 pages long, and a total of 220,000 words.
This makes it 297% the length of the average book. It also has 269% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 20 hours and 2 minutes to read Empire of Things aloud.
Empire of Things is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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