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‘Show me the money!’ A brief history of American spending power
The history of luxury – from Roman villas to Russian oligarchs – is explored in a new book written by Peter McNeil and . A story of extravagance, excess and indulgence, Luxury: A Rich History considers how opulence has developed from antiquity to the 21st century.
In an article for History Extra, Riello focuses on the history of American wealth, revealing how American fortunes bankrolled the 19th-century British aristocracy. .