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The theory of the leisure class /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Modern Library,
2001.
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| Edition: | Modern library pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random043/2001041759.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001041759.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random053/2001041759.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random047/2001041759.html |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Biographical Note
- Introduction by Alan Wolfe
- THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS
- I. Introductory
- II. Pecuniary Emulation
- III. Conspicuous Leisure
- IV. Conspicuous Consumption
- V. The Pecuniary Standard of Living
- VI. Pecuniary Canons of Taste
- VII. Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
- VIII. Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
- IX. The Conservation of Archaic Traits
- X. Modern Survivals of Prowess
- XI. The Belief in Luck
- XII. Devout Observances
- XIII. Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest
- XIV. The Higher Learning as an Expression of
- the Pecuniary Culture
- Notes
- Reading Group Guide.