Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Preface -- Introductory -- Pecuniary emulation -- Conspicuous leisure -- Conspicuousconsumption -- The pecuniary standard of living -- Pecuniary canons of taste -- Dress as an expression of the pecuniary culture -- Industrial exemption and conservatism -- The conservation of archaic traits -- Modern survivals of prowess -- The belief on luck -- Devout observances -- Survivals of the non-invidious interest -- The higher learning as an expression of the pecuniary culture.…”
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