Conspicuous consumption
By: Thorstein Veblen.
Series: Penguin Books great ideas; Great ideas
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Leisure class.
Work titles: Theory of the leisure class.
Notes: Originally published: Penguin Books, UK, 2005.
Table of contents: title: The leisure class; title: Conspicuous leisure: status and servants; title: Conspicuous consumption: women, luxury goods and connoisseurship; title: Canons of taste: greenery and pets; title: Admission to the leisure class; title: Survivals of primitive male prowess: fighting and sports; title: Conspicuous uselessness of education.