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Thorstein Veblen: Victorian Firebrand

Autor Elizabeth Jorgensen, Henry Jorgensen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iun 1998
A definitive biography of the man who coined the expression "conspicuous consumption". Based on newly released archival sources, this book sets the facts straight on more than 60 years of myths and misinformation concerning the highly regarded economist and sociologist.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780765602589
ISBN-10: 076560258X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgments, Photos follow p. 144, 1. Introduction, 2. University of Chicago Beginnings, 3. The Immigrants, 4. Carleton, 5. Tampering with the Sacrament, 6. Student Relations, 7. Miss Hardy, 8. “The Wind on the Heath”, 9. “The Wind on the Heath Has Fallen Dead”, 10. Chicago, 1896-1899, 11. A Book to Be Read for Amusement?, 12. Triggs and Mrs. Triggs, 13. Out of Chicago, 14. The Comer of Indecision, 15. Stanford, 16. Where the Rolling Foothills Rise, 17. A Dossier o f Positive Statements, 18. His Last Few Days of Honor and Competence, 19. The Station to Nowhere, 20. Miss Havisham Takes the Stand, 21. Happily Ever After, 22. World War I Ends, 23. A Land Where Even the Old Are Fair?, 24. “I Will Arise and Go Now”, 25. After All, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index, About the Authors

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This biography of early 20th-century economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen. It examines his unrelenting criticism of the conspicuous consumption and waste of American business culture and his reputation as an eccentric and womanizer.