[Economics] Veblen Thorstein (1857 1929) The Theory of the L

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[Economics] Veblen, Thorstein (1857-1929)
The Theory of the Leisure Class, and Two Other First Edition Titles.

New York: Macmillan,1899.

First edition, octavo, full original green textured cloth, binding rubbed, somewhat cocked, sewing slightly shaken, small smudge to title, 7 1 /2 x 5 in.

[Together with]:

1) Veblen's The Theory of Business Enterprise, New York: Scribner's, 1904, first edition, octavo, publisher's burgundy cloth, 8 x 5 in.;

[and] 2) the same author's Absentee Ownership and Business Enterprise in Recent Times: The Case of America, New York: Huebsch, 1923, first edition, octavo, bound in publisher's full green cloth, 7 1/2 x 5 in. (3)

Examining the history of wealth in the Theory of the Leisure Class, Veblen introduces the concepts of conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption for the first time. While working through capitalism's place in the development of societies and economies, he was also cognizant of the difficult positions women are forced to assume within these structures. Veblen's views are described as proto-feminist, noting that women of the industrial era were still shackled by what he describes as a "barbarian" status.

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