Original publication date
1899
Pages
xx; 21-261
Status
Available
Call number
Publication
New York: New American Library, c1899, c1912; Introduction c1953; Tenth Printing, later printing date?
Physical description
xx, 21-261 p.; 17.9 cm
Language
Description
Business. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML: Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book The Theory of the Leisure Class has come to be regarded as one of the great works of economic theory. Using contemporary and anthropological accounts, Veblen held that our economic and social norms are driven by traces of our early tribal life, rather than ideas of utility..