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The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (Modern Library #63.2)
by VEBLEN, Thorstein
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1947]. Hardcover. The noted economist/sociologist's landmark work was first published in 1899 and contained the phrase 'conspicuous consumption', which became a mainstay of the English language. With a foreword by Stuart Chase. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 329 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1947 (though 1934 date appears in book). ML #63.2. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, and bold price to ffep, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped, dust jacket with small chips & tears at edges and a dampstain, else intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xv, 404, (8, ads) pages .
Synopsis
The Theory of the Leisure Class is a book, first published in 1899, by the Norwegian-American economist Thorstein Veblen while he was a professor at the University of Chicago. Veblen claimed he wrote the book as a perceptive personal essay criticizing contemporary culture, rather than as an economics textbook. Critics claim this was an excuse for his failure to cite sources.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86324
- Title
- The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (Modern Library #63.2)
- Author
- VEBLEN, Thorstein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1947]
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