The Theory of the Leisure Class

by Thorstein Veblen

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Contents

  1. Chapter One ~~ Introductory
  2. Chapter Two ~~ Pecuniary Emulation
  3. Chapter Three ~~ Conspicuous Leisure
  4. Chapter Four ~~ Conspicuous Consumption
  5. Chapter Five ~~ The Pecuniary Standard of Living
  6. Chapter Six ~~ Pecuniary Canons of Taste
  7. Chapter Seven ~~ Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
  8. Chapter Eight ~~ Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
  9. Chapter Nine ~~ The Conservation of Archaic Traits
  10. Chapter Ten ~~ Modern Survivals of Prowess
  11. Chapter Eleven ~~ The Belief in Luck
  12. Chapter Twelve ~~ Devout Observances
  13. Chapter Thirteen ~~ Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests
  14. Chapter Fourteen ~~ The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

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