The Theory of the Leisure Class
$34.30
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1998
Summary
Conspicuous Consumption: A Timeless Critique of the Leisure Class
A classic of sociology and economics, originally published in 1899.
With exquisite irony, Veblen, the “best critic of America that America has produced” (C. Wright Mills), lays bare the hollowness of our canons of taste and culture.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140187953 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140187952 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Author: | Thorstein Veblen, Robert Lekachman, Thorsten Veblen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1998 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 24mm |
About The Author
Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was a Norwegian-American sociologist and economist and a leader of the Efficiency Movement. In 1919, Veblen, along with Charles Beard, James Harvey Robinson and John Dewey, helped found the New School for Social Research (known today as New School University).
Robert Lekachman was a professor of economics at Lehman College, City University of New York, and is the author of The Age of Keynes and Capitalism for Beginners.
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