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The Theory of the Leisure Class

by Thorstein Veblen

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  1. 1Chapter One — ~~ Introductory
  2. 2Chapter Two — ~~ Pecuniary Emulation
  3. 3Chapter Three — ~~ Conspicuous Leisure
  4. 4Chapter Four — ~~ Conspicuous Consumption
  5. 5Chapter Five — ~~ the Pecuniary Standard of Living
  6. 6Chapter Six — ~~ Pecuniary Canons of Taste
  7. 7Chapter Seven — ~~ Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
  8. 8Chapter Eight — ~~ Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
  9. 9Chapter Nine — ~~ the Conservation of Archaic Traits
  10. 10Chapter Ten — ~~ Modern Survivals of Prowess
  11. 11Chapter Eleven — ~~ the Belief in Luck
  12. 12Chapter Twelve — ~~ Devout Observances
  13. 13Chapter Thirteen — ~~ Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests
  14. 14Chapter Fourteen — ~~ the Higher Learning as an Expression of the P…

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