Thorstein Veblen - Victorian Firebrand

A 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments, Photos follow p. 144, 1. Introduction, 2. University of Chicago Beginnings, 3. The Immigrants, 4. Carleton, 5. Tampering with the Sacrament, 6. Student Relations, 7. Miss Hardy, 8. “The Wind on the Heath”, 9. “The Wind on the Heath Has Fallen Dead”, 10. Chicago, 1896-1899, 11. A Book to Be Read for Amusement?, 12. Triggs and Mrs. Triggs, 13. Out of Chicago, 14. The Comer of Indecision, 15. Stanford, 16. Where the Rolling Foothills Rise, 17. A Dossier o f Positive Statements, 18. His Last Few Days of Honor and Competence, 19. The Station to Nowhere, 20. Miss Havisham Takes the Stand, 21. Happily Ever After, 22. World War I Ends, 23. A Land Where Even the Old Are Fair?, 24. “I Will Arise and Go Now”, 25. After All, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index, About the Authors

About the author

Henry Jorgensen

Summary

This biography of early 20th-century economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen. It examines his unrelenting criticism of the conspicuous consumption and waste of American business culture and his reputation as an eccentric and womanizer.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Jorgensen, Henry Jorgensen, Jorgensen Elizabeth, Jorgensen Henry
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1998
• EAN: 9780765602589
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0258-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 566 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Biography: business & industry, Economics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Biography: business and industry, Sociology and anthropology