The Theory of the Leisure Class - Text of the first of the major attacks on "conspicuous consumption." Asserts that class warfare is actually nonexistent, because the lower classes try to emulate their upper class superiors through consumerism. - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/833
Veblen: The Theory of the Leisure Class: Cover - The first and still foremost of the modern attack on wealth. This book originated the term "conspicuous consumption". - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VEBLEN/veblenhp.html
Thorstein B. Veblen Page at Maison d'Etre Bookstore - Listings of the economics and sociological writings of Thorstein B. Veblen, works by others about him, and links to other material related to 'conspicuous consumption' and the class system in America. - http://www.GENordell.com/stores/maison/Veblen.htm