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Best known as the author of the acclaimed book, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Thorstein Veblen was much more than a one-book wonder. He is in fact a seminal classical sociologist who made many original contributions to the study of culture and society. This inspired selection conveys the full zest and penetrating insights of Veblen's writings. The collection comes with a full-length essay which demonstrates the continuing relevance of Veblen's sociology
Manufacture and Salesmanship
Manufacture and Salesmanship
Loosely, the organisation-table of industry falls into three main branches or divisions: the Key Industries; manufacturers; and Farming; […]. These lines of division are not sharp and clear; the running contact and interdependence between these divisions being close and critical, […]. But such a three-fold division is after all, effectual, and it is readily to be seen in the large. So also, the network of business organisation and management runs into three similar divisions, although in the organisation of business the lines of cleavage are even less clear and less fixed.
Of these three divisions, the Key Industries stand at the apex of the industrial system and control the issues of industrial life for the rest. The control which is exercised ...
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