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- catalog abstract ""Almost a century after its original publication, Thorstein Veblen's work is as fresh and relevant as ever. Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class is in the tradition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, yet it provides a surprisingly contemporary look at American economics and society. Establishing such terms as "conspicuous consumption" and "pecuniary emulation," Veblen's most famous work has become an archetype not only of economic theory, but of historical and sociological thought as well. As sociologist Alan Wolfe writes in his Introduction, Veblen "skillfully ... wrote a book that will be read so long as the rich are different from the rest of us - which, if the future is anything like the past, they always will be.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12337274.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Almost a century after its original publication, Thorstein Veblen's work is as fresh and relevant as ever. Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class is in the tradition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, yet it provides a surprisingly contemporary look at American economics and society. Establishing such terms as "conspicuous consumption" and "pecuniary emulation," Veblen's most famous work has become an archetype not only of economic theory, but of historical and sociological thought as well.".
- catalog description "As sociologist Alan Wolfe writes in his Introduction, Veblen "skillfully ... wrote a book that will be read so long as the rich are different from the rest of us - which, if the future is anything like the past, they always will be.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Alan Wolfe -- 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.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 298 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0375757872".
- catalog isPartOf "The Modern Library classics".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Modern Library,".
- catalog subject "305.5/234 21".
- catalog subject "HB831 .V4 2001".
- catalog subject "Leisure class.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Alan Wolfe -- 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.".
- catalog title "The theory of the leisure class / Thorstein Veblen ; introduction by Alan Wolfe ; notes by James Danly.".
- catalog type "text".