The Portable Veblen is a 2016 novel by Elizabeth McKenzie. It is about a young woman, Veblen, and her relationships with her fiancé Paul, their families...
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Elizabeth McKenzie (category The New Yorker people)
Library Journal's Best Book of the year. The Portable Veblen (2016) was longlisted for the National Book Award, won the California Book Award Silver Medal in...
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Max Lerner (category Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States)
Philosopher-King The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes: His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicial Opinions Essential Works of John Stuart Mill The Portable Veblen Forewords...
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The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 & 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–2008) and Baileys...
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2016 in literature (category Years of the 21st century in literature)
McCormack – Solar Bones (UK, May 5) Elizabeth McKenzie – The Portable Veblen C. E. Morgan – The Sport of Kings Sayaka Murata – Convenience Store Woman (コンビニ人間...
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democracy was a direct result of the influence of ideas from Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, and Mead. During his time at the University of Wisconsin, Mills...
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John Patrick Diggins (category Academic staff of the University of Paris)
and the Origins of Alienation: The Anthropological Perspective of Thorstein Veblen, History and Theory 16, no. 2 (1977): 113–36. Reification and the Cultural...
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Age of Enlightenment (redirect from The Englightenment)
search Kramnick, Issac, ed. The Portable Enlightenment Reader (1995) excerpt and text search Manuel, Frank Edward, ed. The Enlightenment (1965) online...
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Human capital (section Intangibility and portability)
definition of capital "the acquired and useful abilities of all the inhabitants or members of the society". The first use of the term "human capital" may...
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divisibility, durability, portability, elasticity in supply, and longevity with mass public confidence. It includes currency held by the nonbank public and checkable...
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