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This book situates and reappraises Thorstein Veblen's famous Theory of the Leisure Class in the time and especially the place (Chicago) in which it was written.
Introduction: The Book and the City -- The Ethnology of the Leisure Class: The Fair and the Castle -- Pecuniary Culture: The Elevator Building and the University -- Mechanisms of Consumption: Fashion and the Department Store -- The Business of Vice: The Levee -- New Industrial Institutions: The Workshop, the School, and the Museum -- Conclusion: Picturing Veblen's Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references and index.