The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
by Veblen, Thorstein
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1912. New edition printed February, 1912. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 404 pp. including index, plus advertising. Considerable shelfwear. Circular stain on the rear board. Small hole in the cloth of the front board. Previous owner's name and address are on the front free endpaper. There is a gutter crack at the advertising section. The binding is otherwise sound and the hinges are intact.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010444
- Title
- The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions
- Author
- Veblen, Thorstein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Economics
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Gilt
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