books.google.co.uk - In The Theory Of The Leisure Class, His First And Best-Known Work, Thorstein Veblen Challenges Some Of Man S Most Cherished Standards Of Behavior And With Devastating Wit And Satire Exposes The Hollowness Of Many Of Our Canons Of Taste, Education, Dress And Culture. Veblen Uses The Leisure Class As His...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Theory_of_the_Leisure_Class_An_Econo.html?id=98L1SCwrfg8C&q=exigencies&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Theory of the Leisure Class; An Economic Study of Institutions