Thrift 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 /
Blankenhorn, David.
Thrift 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 / [electronic resource] : David Blankenhorn. - West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008. - viii, 351 p. : ill.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781599472294 (electronic bk.)
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Saving and investment--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
Conduct of life--History.--United States
Social values--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Electronic books.
HC110.C6 / B57 2008
332.0240097303
Thrift 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 / [electronic resource] : David Blankenhorn. - West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008. - viii, 351 p. : ill.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781599472294 (electronic bk.)
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Saving and investment--United States.
Social values--History.--United States
Conduct of life--History.--United States
Social values--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Electronic books.
HC110.C6 / B57 2008
332.0240097303