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candles, candlelight, 156

captains of industry, 230, 242, 373, 374

cash payment, 94

cats, 140–141

ceremonial observances. See manners

change, social change in

habits of thought, 203

schemes of life, 195–196, 201–204

social structure and institutions, 188–193

See also social evolution

charity, 333, 334, 339

cheapness, 156, 158, 161, 169. See also expensiveness

children, 250–251, 252–253

cities

pacesetters for fashion, 176

standards of decency higher than in rural areas, 87–89

classes, social classes

ability to pay required by all, 241

in barbarian cultures, 1–5

differences in attitude regarding war, 247–249

differences in devout observances, 319–321

differences of temperament not wide, 244

lines of demarcation grown vague, 84

prevalence of predatory traits varies in, 264–265

standards of reputability percolate top-down, 84

See also inferior classes; leisure class; lower classes; working class

"classic" English, 398

classicism, 165, 387

cockfighting, 271, 326

codes of proprieties

applied without reflection, 271

dress guided by, 168

goodwill, peace not affirmatively sanctioned, 337–338

for priests, 312, 315–316

privacy in, 112

status expressed by, 52

colleges and universities. See higher learning

Columbian Exposition (1893), 138

common people. See inferior classes

competition, serviceability of, 262–263

conscience, 221

conservatism

conspicuous consumption strengthens, 204–205

of higher learning, 377, 378, 379–380

honour, esteem conferred by, 199–200

of institutions, 191

leisure class a force for, 198–201, 204, 206–207

of the poor, 204

of postwar generations, 373

conspicuous consumption

animals as items of, 140, 142

conservatism strengthened by, 204–205

conspicuous leisure relative to, 85–87, 91–96, 375, 396

evidence of ability to pay, 84

from increase in ability to pay, 110

in inferior classes, 84–85

instinct of workmanship counteracts, 91–93

manners an outgrowth, 75

middle class household paraphernalia examples of, 83

middle class wives charged with, 80–83, 84

offset needed, 91

in pecuniary emulation, 91

productivity increases consumed by, 111

of service, 62, 63

smoking as, 89

a waste of goods, 85

See also consumption [on this page]; vicarious consumption

conspicuous leisure

conspicuous consumption relative to, 85–87, 91–96, 375, 396

disguised as make-believe purposeful employment, 96

dress guided by, 172

examples, 44–57

instinct of workmanship depreciates, 91–93

middle class heads of households lack, 81

middle class wives charged with, 80–83, 84

a prerequisite for honour, 43–44, 181

a waste of time, 85

See also leisure; vicarious leisure

conspicuous subservience, 60

conspicuous waste

aesthetic standards influenced by, 128, 148–149

in architecture, 153–154, 349

birthrates reduced by, 113

in consumer goods, 115–116, 126–133, 152, 154–158, 164–165

determinants, 91

dress guided by, 168, 172, 173, 175–177, 178

effect on cultural development, 212–213

emulation manifested by, 110–112

in English orthography, 399

habits of thought guided by, 116

innovation restricted by, 174, 177

innovation unaffected by, 165–166

instinct of workmanship counteracts, 93

leisure class based on, 244

as a motive for consumers, 115, 116, 170

necessaries of life originating in, 99–100

in religion, 119–126, 307–308

by scholars, 114

in scholarship, 396

standards of reputability guided by, 105, 181, 244

types, 85

See also pecuniary beauty (beauty enhanced by expensiveness); waste

consumer goods, conspicuous waste in, 115–116, 126–133, 152, 154–158, 164–165

consumption

devout, 308–309

gender-based differentiation in, 69

of luxuries, 72

in peaceable stage, 73

of stimulants, 70–72, 107

in urban vs. rural areas, 88–89

by women, 71–73

See also conspicuous consumption [on this page]; vicarious consumption

conviviality, 333, 334

expenditure encouraged by, 90

origins, 76

corporate dress codes, 80

corsets, 172, 184–186

courtesy, 52

cows, 134, 139