Thorstein Veblen

Sex and the City Circa 1890: Echoes of Today's Daily Dish

Gilded City: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York , by M.H. Dunlop.  read more »

Buy This Book! Buy the Store! Shopping Will Set You Free

An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America , by Gary Cross.  read more »

Wonder Bread Ascendant: Praise for Brands and Buying

Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism , by James B. Twitchell.  read more »