Yarrow, Andrew L.

Thrift : the history of an American cultural movement Andrew L. Yarrow - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2014. - 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.



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.

9781625341327 9781625341310 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

2014021803


Thriftiness--History--United States--20th century
Social movements--History--United States--20th century
Social values--History--United States--20th century
Saving and investment--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century

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