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The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
[frontispiece]
[title page]
Preface
Contents
1.
Chapter I Introductory
2.
Chapter II Pecuniary Emulation
3.
Chapter III Conspicuous Leisure
4.
Chapter IV Conspicuous Consumption
5.
Chapter V The Pecuniary Standard of Living
6.
Chapter Six Pecuniary Canons of Taste
7.
Chapter VII Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
8.
Chapter Eight Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
9.
Chapter IX The Conservation of Archaic Traits
ten.
Chapter Ten Modern Survivals of Prowess
eleven.
Chapter XI The Belief in Luck
12.
Chapter Twelve Devout Observances
13.
Chapter XIII Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests
14.
Chapter XIV The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
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The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions
[Description: Titlepage of Thorstein Veblen' Theory of the Leisure Class]
The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions