The Theory of the Leisure Class : An Economic Study of Institutions

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY 1(21) CHAPTER II PECUNIARY EMULATION 22(13) CHAPTER III CONSPICUOUS LEISURE 35(33) CHAPTER IV CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION 68(34) CHAPTER V THE PECUNIARY STANDARD OF LIVING 102(13) CHAPTER VI PECUNIARY CANONS OF TASTE 115(52) CHAPTER VII DRESS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE PECUNIARY CULTURE 167(21) CHAPTER VIII INDUSTRIAL EXEMPTION AND CONSERVATISM 188(24) CHAPTER IX THE CONSERVATION OF ARCHAIC TRAITS 212(34) CHAPTER X MODERN SURVIVALS OF PROWESS 246(30) CHAPTER XI THE BELIEF IN LUCK 276(17) CHAPTER XII DEVOUT OBSERVANCES 293(39) CHAPTER XIII SURVIVALS OF THE NON-INVIDIOUS INTEREST 332(31) CHAPTER XIV THE HIGHER LEARNING AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE PECUNIARY CULTURE 363