The Theory of the Leisure Class
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1. Chapter One ~~ Introductory2. Chapter Two ~~ Pecuniary Emulation3. Chapter Three ~~ Conspicuous Leisure4. Chapter Four ~~ Conspicuous Consumption5. Chapter Five ~~ The Pecuniary Standard of Living6. Chapter Six ~~ Pecuniary Canons of Taste7. Chapter Seven ~~ Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture8. Chapter Eight ~~ Industrial Exemption and Conservatism9. Chapter Nine ~~ The Conservation of Archaic Traits10. Chapter Ten ~~ Modern Survivals of Prowess11. Chapter Eleven ~~ The Belief in Luck12. Chapter Twelve ~~ Devout Observances13. Chapter Thirteen ~~ Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests14. Chapter Fourteen ~~ The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture