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Thrift : the history of an American cultural movement / Andrew L. Yarrow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yarrow, Andrew L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thriftiness--United States--History--20th century.
- Thriftiness.
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Social values--United States--History--20th century.
- Social values.
- Saving and investment--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Saving and investment.
- United States--Economic conditions--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- In this lively and engaging book, Andrew L.Yarrow tells the story of a national movement that promoted an amalgam of values and practices ranging from self-control, money management, and efficiency to conservation, generosity, and planning for the future--all under the rubric of "thrift." Emerging in tandem and in tension with the first.
- Contents:
- Prelude
- The early twentieth-century American thrift movement
- Precursors of a movement
- Thrift's heyday, 1910's/1930
- Teaching thrift in the schools
- The philosophy of thrift
- National Thrift Week
- Allies and strange bedfellows
- The international dimension
- The decline of thrift
- From thrift to sustainability.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-348-4
- OCLC:
- 933516709
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