Thrift : the history of an American cultural movement
By: Yarrow, Andrew L
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BookPublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2014.Description: 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781625341327; 9781625341310 (hardcover : alkaline paper)Subject(s): Thriftiness -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Social values -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Saving and investment -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 339.4/30973 Online resources: Location Map
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 339.430973 YA TH (Browse shelf) | Available | T0017796 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-197) and index.
Prelude -- The early twentieth-century American thrift movement -- Precursors of a movement -- Thrift's heyday, 1910s/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.