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02572aam a2200337 a 4500 001 7552FA3C1AA711E3A2927C93DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130911010027 008 070301r20071899enk b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2007008544 020 $a 0199552584 020 $a 9780199552580 020 $a 019280684X (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780192806840 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 050 00 $a HB831 $b .V4 2007 082 00 $a 305.5/201 $2 22 100 1 $a Veblen, Thorstein, $d 1857-1929. 245 14 $a The theory of the leisure class / $c Theodore Veblen ; edited with an Introduction and notes by Martha Banta. 260 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press Inc., $c 2007. 300 $a xxxv, 263 p. ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford world's classics 500 $a Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1899. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-263). 520 $a In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class , Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions exploit the consumption of unessential goods for the sake of personal profit. Fashion, beauty, animals, sports, the home, the clergy, scholars--all are assessed for their true usefulness and found wanting. Indeed, Veblen's critique covers all aspects of modern life from dress, class, the position of women, home decoration, industry, business, and sport, to religion, scholarship, and education. The targets of Veblen's coruscating satire are as evident today as they were a century ago, and his book still has the power to shock and enlighten. Martha Banta's introduction illuminates Veblen's uncompromising arguments as it highlights the literary force of Veblen's writing and its influence on later American writers such as Edith Wharton, Henry James, Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. She also sheds light on his critique of the plight of women and his evolutionary arguments as they relate to modern society. - Publisher. 650 0 $a Leisure class. 830 0 $a Oxford world's classics. 941 $a 2 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214035812.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190105010131.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7552FA3C1AA711E3A2927C93DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search