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Contents
CHAPTER I
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Introductory 1
CHAPTER II
Pecuniary Emulation 22
CHAPTER III
Conspicuous Leisure 35
CHAPTER IV
Conspicuous Consumption 68
CHAPTER V
The Pecuniary Standard of Living 102
CHAPTER VI
Pecuniary Canons of Taste 115
CHAPTER VII
Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture 167
CHAPTER VIII
Industrial Exemption and Conservatism 188

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