Thorstein Veblen: Victorian Firebrand: Victorian FirebrandA 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. |
Contents
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University of Chicago Beginnings | |
The Immigrants | |
Carleton | |
Tampering with the Sacrament | |
Student Relations | |
Miss Hardy | |
Where the Rolling Foothills Rise | |
A Dossier of Positive Statements | |
His Last Few Days of Honor and Competence | |
The Station to Nowhere | |
Miss Havisham Takes the Stand | |
Happily Ever After | |
World War I Ends | |
A Land Where Even the Old Are Fair? | |
The Wind on the Heath | |
The Wind on the Heath Has Fallen Dead | |
Chicago 18961899 | |
A Book to Be Read for Amusement? | |
Triggs and Mrs Triggs | |
Out of Chicago | |
Stanford | |
I Will Arise and Go Now | |
After | |
Appendix | |
Notes | |
The Comer of Indecision | |
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Thorstein Veblen: Victorian Firebrand Elizabeth Watkins Jorgensen,Henry Irvin Jorgensen Limited preview - 1999 |
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