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Author Blankenhorn, David.

Title Thrift [electronic resource] : a cyclopedia : being an early attempt to assemble the best of what is known from history and literature about one of our most provocative words for those who are not ashamed to think anew about happiness, extravagance, and thriving / David Blankenhorn.

Imprint West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008.

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Description viii, 351 p. : ill.
Note "A companion to the traveling exhibition, Thrift : in search of the art of living well, and the report to the nation, For a new thrift : confronting the debt culture."
Developed after a conference of scholars the author convened In October of 2005, at the request of the John Templeton Foundation, to discuss the history of thrift as an American value and practice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
Saving and investment -- United States.
Social values -- United States -- History.
Conduct of life -- United States -- History.
Social values -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781599472294 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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