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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Preface
  4. The Theory of the Leisure Class
    1. I: Introductory
    2. II: Pecuniary Emulation
    3. III: Conspicuous Leisure
    4. IV: Conspicuous Consumption
    5. V: The Pecuniary Standard of Living
    6. VI: Pecuniary Canons of Taste
    7. VII: Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture
    8. VIII: Industrial Exemption and Conservatism
    9. IX: The Conservation of Archaic Traits
    10. X: Modern Survivals of Prowess
    11. XI: The Belief in Luck
    12. XII: Devout Observances
    13. XII: Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests
    14. XIV: The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
was published in 1899 by
Thorstein Veblen.

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The Deceitfulness of Riches,
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