Abstract
摘要
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Conspicuous Leisure in ‘‘Immaterial’’ Goods
1.1 Meaningless Occupation of Rare Documents
1.2 Luxurious Display of Recreational Art
1.3 Long-continued Development of Refined Manners
Chapter Two Conspicuous Consumption in Material Goods
2.1 Massive Expenditure in Valuable Garments
2.2 Genteel Giving of Costly Entertainments
2.3 Vicarious Consumption in Wives
Chapter Three The Influences of Pecuniary Strength of the Leisure Class
3.1 Difficulty ofAcclimatizing to‘‘Living Down’’
3.2 Moral Decay of the Whole Leisure Class
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
声明