Conspicuous Consumption: Unproduction Consumption of Goods Is Honourable (Penguin Great Ideas) Paperback - 2006
by Veblen, Thorstein
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- Paperback
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- Title Conspicuous Consumption: Unproduction Consumption of Goods Is Honourable (Penguin Great Ideas)
- Author Veblen, Thorstein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 58335th
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 103
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date May 30, 2006
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0143037595.G
- ISBN 9780143037590 / 0143037595
- Weight 0.18 lbs (0.08 kg)
- Dimensions 7.08 x 4.34 x 0.34 in (17.98 x 11.02 x 0.86 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Leisure class
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006043777
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.52
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Summary
With its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, consumer goods and climbing the social ladder, this withering satire on modern capitalism is as pertinent today as it was when it was written over a century ago.