Machine generated contents note: Introduction PART I: SOCIAL THEORY AND ELITE DISTINCTIONClassical Approaches to Social Emulation and DistinctionMajor Subsequent Contributions Grand Theories: Limits and Merits PART II: KEY MANIFESTATIONSExternal Signs of SuperiorityEmbodied Signs of Superiority Vicarious Display PART III: VARIABILITY The Historicity of Elite Distinction: Selected ThemesTradition, Fashion, Borrowing, Syncretism Beyond Reductionism Conclusion.
The sociology of elite distinction : from theoretical to comparative perspectives by Jean-Pascal Daloz. ISBN 9780230220270. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.