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UNINA9910465274503321 |
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Autore |
Yarrow Andrew L. |
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Titolo |
Thrift : the history of an American cultural movement / / Andrew L. Yarrow |
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Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Thriftiness - United States - History - 20th century |
Social movements - United States - History - 20th century |
Social values - United States - History - 20th century |
Saving and investment - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
United States Economic conditions 20th century |
United States Social conditions 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Prelude -- The early twentieth-century American thrift movement -- Precursors of a movement -- Thrift's heyday, 1910's/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. |
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