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The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations
| Full title: | The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations |
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| ISBN: | 9780226433202 |
| ISBN 10: | 022643320X |
| Authors: | Gilady, Lilach |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Num. pages: | 232 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2018 |
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Synopsis
Explaining conspicuous consumption in international relations -- Status symbols and luxury goods in international relations -- The aircraft carrier club -- A contest of beneficence: prosociality in international relations -- Big science and the transits of Venus: the first race to space -- Conclusions: living in a Veblenian world