19th Century · English
The Theory of the Leisure Class
The Theory of the Leisure Class, by Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Books by Thorstein Veblen, Prefaceprose
- 02Chapter I: Introductoryprose
- 03Chapter II: Pecuniary Emulationprose
- 04Chapter III: Conspicuous Leisureprose
- 05Chapter IV: Conspicuous Consumptionprose
- 06Chapter V: The Pecuniary Standard of Livingprose
- 07Chapter VI: Pecuniary Canons of Tasteprose
- 08Chapter VII: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Cultureprose
- 09Chapter VIII: Industrial Exemption and Conservatismprose
- 10Chapter IX: The Conservation of Archaic Traitsprose
- 11Chapter X: Modern Survivals of Prowessprose
- 12Chapter XI: The Belief in Luckprose
- 13Chapter XII: Devout Observancesprose
- 14Chapter XIII: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Intrerestprose
- 15Chapter XIV: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Cultureprose