Conspicuous consumption / Thorstein Veblen.

By:

Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Great ideasPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2006.Description: 102 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780141023984

Uniform titles:

Theory of the leisure class. Selections. 2006

Subject(s):

Leisure class

DDC classification:

305.52 VEB

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

The leisure class -- Conspicuous leisure: status and servants -- Conspicuous consumption: women, luxury goods and connoisseurship -- Canons of taste: greenery and pets -- Admission to the leisure class -- Survivals of primitive male prowess: fighting and sports -- Conspicuous uselessness of education.

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