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Thrift

by Blankenhorn, David.

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Published by : Templeton Foundation Press, (West Conshohocken, Pa. :) Physical details: viii, 351 p. : ill.

Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States. | Saving and investment -- United States. | Social values -- United States -- History. | Conduct of life -- United States -- History. | Social values -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc. | Electronic books.

Year: 2008

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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10481036
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"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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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