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The price of prestige : conspicuous consumption in international relations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilady, Lilach (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
International relations > Social aspects.
International relations > Economic aspects.
Prestige.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Explaining conspicuous consumption in international relations
  • Status symbols and luxury goods in international relations
  • The aircraft carrier club
  • A contest of beneficence: prosociality in international relations
  • Big science and the transits of Venus: the first race to space
  • Conclusions: living in a Veblenian world.