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Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen.The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.Thorstein Bunde Veblen, (Cato, Wisconsin, July 30, 1857 - Palo Alto, San Francisco, California, August 3, 1929) was an American sociologist and economist. He was founder, along with John R. Commons, of the American institutionalist school and, more generally, of the institutionalist current in the social sciences. His fame is due to books such as The Theory of the Leisure Class and The Theory of the Economic Company, in which he passionately criticizes the evolution of the society and economy of his country.Veblen was born in Cato, Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian immigrants. He spent most of his youth on his family's farm in Nerstrand, Minnesota;

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