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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsTHETHEORYOFTHELEISURECLASSThorsteinVeblenwasbornin1857ontheWisconsinfrontier,thesixthoftwelvechildrenofThomasandKariVeblenwhoemi-gratedfromNorwayin1847.At17VeblenwassentawayfromthefamilyfarmtoCarletonCollegeAcademy,wherehereceivedhisBAin1880.Inthef
2、ollowingyearsVeblenfollowedalargelyunstruc-turedlifethatincludedanearlymarriage,retirementtohiswife’sfamilyfarm,andon-and-offstudiesatJohnsHopkins,Yale,andCornell,beforehepickeduptwodoctoraldegrees—oneinphiloso-phy,theotherineconomics.Hewas35whenheprocuredhisfirstacademi
3、cpostin1892atthenewlyestablishedUniversityofChicago.Althoughhehadareputationasanindifferentlecturer,adifficultcolleague,andabitofawomanizer,hegainedrecognitionasamanwithimportantnewthingstosayabouttherelationofever-evolvingculturalforcestocurrentbusinesstransactions.Culle
4、dfromtheseriesofpapershepresentedthroughoutthe1890sbeforeacademicaudi-ences,TheTheoryoftheLeisureClasswaspublishedin1899.Receivedwithderisionbythosewhoclungtoold-styleformulasofeconomicstability,itpiquedtheinterestofmembersinthegrowingfieldsofsociology,anthropology,andp
5、sychology,aswellasthenovelistsrisinginprotestagainstgrowingsocialinequities.Veblenwentontowritetenbooksandcountlessreviewsandessays,tobedismissedfromtheUniversityofChicagoandStanfordUniversitybyadmin-istratorsembarrassedoverhisromanticlife,toremarryafterhisfirstwifedivo
6、rcedhim,andtoventureintonon-academicareasineffortstosupporthimself.Finally,unemployableandinfailinghealth,heretiredtoacabinintheCaliforniamountainswherehediedin1929.MarthaBantaisProfessorEmeritus,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.TheauthorofsixbooksandnumerousessaysonAm
7、ericanliteratureandculturalstudies,sheistherecipientoflife-timeachievementawardsfromtheModernLanguageAssociationandtheAmericanStudiesAssociation.OneTrueTheory&theQuestforanAmericanAesthetic,herforthcomingbook,treatsindepthVeblen’sroleasthechampionofnewmodesofscientifici
8、nquirythatinfluencedmanyareasofsocialthought.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreade
