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020 _z9781599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z1599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z9781599472294 (e-book)
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100 1 _aBlankenhorn, David.
245 1 0 _aThrift
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba 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 /
_cDavid Blankenhorn.
260 _aWest Conshohocken, Pa. :
_bTempleton Foundation Press,
_cc2008.
300 _aviii, 351 p. :
_bill.
500 _a"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."
500 _aDeveloped 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aConsumption (Economics)
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSaving and investment
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSocial values
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aConduct of life
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSocial values
_zUnited States
_vQuotations, maxims, etc.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10481036
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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