The theory of the leisure class.
Subtitle: With an introd. by John Kenneth Galbraith.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin School
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Leisure class.
Table of contents: title: Introductory -- Pecuniary emulation -- Conspicuous leisure -- Conspicuous consumption -- The pecuniary standard of living -- Pecuniary canons of taste -- Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture -- Industrial exemption and conservatism -- The conservation of archaic traits -- Modern survivals of prowess -- The belief in luck -- Devout observances -- Survivals of the non-invidious interest -- The higher learning as an expression of the pecuniary culture.