Theory of the Leisure Class

Name: Theory of the Leisure Class
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ISBN: 9780486280622

ISBN-10: 0486280624

ISBN-13: 9780486280622

Edition: 1994 (Reprint)

Authors: Thorstein B. Veblen

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Classic of economic and social theory offers a satiric examination of the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption" (coined by Veblen), exposing the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress and culture.

Book details

List price: $8.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/20/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.28" wide x 8.31" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.440



Introduction



Preface



Introductory



Pecuniary Emulation



Conspicuous Leisure



Conspicuous Consumption



The Pecuniary Standard of Living



Pecuniary Canons of Taste



Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture



Industrial Exemption and Conservatism



The Conservation of Archaic Traits



Modern Survivals of Prowess



The Belief in Luck



Devout Observances



Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest



The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecunlary Culture