The Theory of the Leisure Class
The Theory of the Leisure Class is a book, first published in 1899, by the American economist Thorstein Veblen while he was a professor at the University of Chicago.
Editions
A paperback edition was issued in Mineola, N.Y. by Dover Publications in 1994 with ISBN 0486280624. Although it was published in 1899, Penguin Books published it as part of its "Penguin Twentieth Century Classics" paperback series.
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Thesis |
| ► | Conspicuous consumption and leisure |
| ► | Economic drive |
| ► | Implications to society |
| ► | Use of satire, sarcasm and humor |
| ► | Intellectual significance |
| ► | Criticism |
| ► | Editions |
| ► | External links |
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