num_pages: 224
description: This work discusses the impact and contemporary relevance of the work of Thorstein Veblen, as well as the source of his ideas. It suggests that he was one of the first modern sociologists of consumption whose analysis of contemporary display and fashion anticipated later theories and research.
language: English
title: Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought
titlecomplete: Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought (Studies in Institutional Economics)
publisher: Routledge