Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Chapter 1. Explaining Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations 1
4. Chapter 2. Status Symbols and Luxury Goods in International Relations 33
5. Chapter 3. The Aircraft Carrier Club 55
6. Chapter 4. A Contest of Beneficence: Prosociality in International Relations 90
7. Chapter 5. Big Science and the Transits of Venus: The First Race to Space 121
8. Chapter 6. Conclusions: Living in a Veblenian World 152
9. Notes 167
10. References 187
11. Index 221