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 / David Blankenhorn.
Blankenhorn, David.
2008
HC110.C6 B57 2008
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Title 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 / David Blankenhorn.
Author Blankenhorn, David.
ISBN 9781599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781599472294 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008.
Language English
Description viii, 351 p. : ill.
Call Number HC110.C6 B57 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 332.0240097303
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, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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pt. 1. What is thrift?
pt. 2. The cases against thrift
pt. 3. Visionaries
pt. 4. Institutions
pt. 5. Movements
pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.

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