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Veblen in perspective : his life and thought

This work discusses the impact and contemporary relevance of the work of Thorstein Veblen, as well as the source of his ideas. It suggests that he was one of the first modern sociologists of consumption whose analysis of contemporary display and fashion anticipated later theories and research.
Print Book, English, ©2001
M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, N.Y., ©2001
Biography
xiii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
9781563241161, 9781563241178, 1563241161, 156324117X
45575718
The times, life, and works of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929)
The mistaken marginality of the "man from Mars"
Beyond the myth of marginality: ethnicity and evolutionism
Evolutionary change: back to the future?
The conspicuous conservation of leisure class culture
The problem: predatory institutions
The solution: workmanship institutions