Ebook: The Theory of the Leisure Class

Title page; Chapter One. Introductory.; Chapter Two. Pecuniary Emulation.; Chapter Three. Conspicuous Leisure.; Chapter Four. Conspicuous Consumption.; Chapter Five. The Pecuniary Standard of Living.; Chapter Six. Pecuniary Canons of Taste.; Chapter Seven. Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture.; Chapter Eight. Industrial Exemption and Conservatism.; Chapter Nine. The Conservation of Archaic Traits.; Chapter Ten. Modern Survivals of Prowess.; Chapter Eleven. The Belief in Luck.; Chapter Twelve. Devout Observances.; Chapter Thirteen. Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests.