Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, his latest book Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First is out now.
Episode music:
Le Tone - Nostalgie de l'avant-garde
James Brown's Funky People - Gimme Some More
Presented by Dan Snow @thehistoryguy
Produced by Dan Morelle @danmorelle
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