Elizabeth Jorgensen, Henry Jorgensen

Thorstein Veblen

Victorian Firebrand

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780765602589
• ISBN-10: 076560258X
• Artikelnr.: 21888496

Autorenporträt

Henry Jorgensen

Inhaltsangabe

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