Umfang:
332 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780262547413
Inhalt:
"This book situates and reappraises Thorstein Veblen's famous Theory of the Leisure Class in the time and especially the place (Chicago) in which it was written"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: The Book and the City -- The Ethnology of the Leisure Class: The Fair and the Castle -- Pecuniary Culture: The Elevator Building and the University -- Mechanisms of Consumption: Fashion and the Department Store -- The Business of Vice: The Levee -- New Industrial Institutions: The Workshop, the School, and the Museum -- Conclusion: Picturing Veblen's Chicago.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Veblen, Thorstein 1857-1929 The theory of the leisure class
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Chicago, Ill.
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Architektur
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Gesellschaft
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Kulturkritik
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Geschichte 1899
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