1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793633303321

Autore

Hulme Alison

Titolo

A brief history of thrift / Alison Hulme

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2885-3

1-5261-4672-X

1-5261-2884-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 140 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

332.024

Soggetti

Social history

Consumption (Economics)

Thriftiness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-137) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Towards a theory of thrift -- Religious thrift : Puritans, Quakers and Methodists -- Individualist thrift : Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and -- Victorian moralism -- Spiritual thrift : simplicity, sensuality and politics in -- Henry Thoreau -- Nationalist thrift : making do, rationing and nostalgic austerity -- Consumer thrift : Keynes, consumer rights and the new -- thrifty consumers -- Ecological thrift : frugality, de- growth and Voluntary Simplicity -- Conclusion : Thoreau in the city.

Sommario/riassunto

This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing in on key moments such as the early Puritans and Post-war rationing, and key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and Henry Thoreau. The relationships between thrift and frugality, mindfulness, sustainability, and alternative consumption practices are explained, and connections made between myriad conceptions of thrift and contemporary concerns for how consumer cultures impact scarce resources, wealth distribution, and the Anthropocene. Ultimately, the book returns the reader to an understanding of thrift as it was originally used - to 'thrive' - and attempts to re-cast thrift in more collective, economically



egalitarian terms, reclaiming it as a genuinely resistant practice.

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0211400

Titolo

Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory : Lectures from the Third LOFAR Data Processing School / George Heald, John McKean, Roberto Pizzo editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2018

Titolo uniforme

Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory

Descrizione fisica

xxiv, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]

85-XX - Astronomy and Astrophysics [MSC 2020]

85A40 - Cosmology [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910893280203321

Titolo

A catalogue of exquisite & rare works of art, including 17th & 18th century costume textiles, needlework

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Cora Ginsburg, Inc.

ISSN

2381-7283

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

GinsburgCora

DeGregorioWilliam A. <1946->

HalleTiti

MajerMichele

Disciplina

746

Soggetti

Textile fabrics

Needlework

Costume

Catalogs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Some issues have at head of title: Cora Ginsburg LLC, Titi Halle, owner.