Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
(1899)
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Preface

Chapter 1  Introductory

Chapter 2  Pecuniary Emulation

Chapter 3  Conspicuous Leisure

Chapter 4  Conspicuous Consumption

Chapter 5  The Pecuniary Standard of Living

Chapter 6  Pecuniary Canons of Taste

Chapter 7  Dress As An Expression Of The Pecuniary Culture

Chapter 8  Industrial Exemption and Conservatism

Chapter 9  The Conservation Of Archaic Traits

Chapter 10 Modern Survivals of Prowess

Chapter 11 The Belief in Luck

Chapter 12 Devout Observances

Chapter 13 Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest

Chapter 14 The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture