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The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

ISBN 10: 0375757872 / 0-375-75787-2
ISBN 13: 9780375757877
Publisher: Modern Library
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Softcover

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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."

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The Theory of the Leisure Class (ISBN: 0375757872 / 0-375-75787-2)
Veblen, Thorstein

ISBN 10: 0375757872
ISBN 13: 9780375757877

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Book Description: Modern Library, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 8. Trade paper. Minor edgewear. Crease on rear cover. (Sociology - copper,black/black & white letters). Bookseller Inventory # 105654

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