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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791859903321

Titolo

Essential writings of Thorstein Veblen / / edited by Charles Camic and Geoffrey M. Hodgson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-94223-8

1-136-94224-6

1-283-03869-2

9786613038692

0-203-84757-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (641 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CamicCharles

HodgsonGeoffrey Martin <1946->

Disciplina

330.092

Soggetti

Economics

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Introduction; Introduction to Part I: 1882-1898: early works; Introduction to Part II: 1898-99: intellectual efflorescence; Introduction to Part III: 1899-1906: critiques and further developments; Introduction to Part IV 1907-1914: the penultimate period; Bibliographies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 38 selections in the volume include complete texts of all of Veblen's major articles and book reviews from 1882 to 1914, plus key chapters from his books The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904) and The Instinct of Workmanship (1914). These writings present a wide range of Veblen's most significant contributions, especially with respect to the philosophical and psychological foundations of economics, sociology, and other social sciences.  A thorougly comprehensive volume, this is the only collection to present Veblen's writings in chronolog