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UNINA9910793633303321 |
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Autore |
Hulme Alison |
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Titolo |
A brief history of thrift / Alison Hulme |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 |
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©2019 |
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1-5261-2885-3 |
1-5261-4672-X |
1-5261-2884-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 140 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Manchester scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social history |
Consumption (Economics) |
Thriftiness |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2019. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-137) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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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 |
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egalitarian terms, reclaiming it as a genuinely resistant practice. |
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UNINA9910845095403321 |
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Autore |
Følstad Asbjø |
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Chatbot Research and Design : 7th International Workshop, CONVERSATIONS 2023, Oslo, Norway, November 22–23, 2023, Revised Selected Papers / / edited by Asbjørn Følstad, Theo Araujo, Symeon Papadopoulos, Effie L.-C. Law, Ewa Luger, Morten Goodwin, Sebastian Hobert, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
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[1st ed. 2024.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 14524 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AraujoTheo |
PapadopoulosSymeon |
LawEffie L. -C |
LugerEwa |
GoodwinMorten |
HobertSebastian |
BrandtzaegPetter Bae |
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Disciplina |
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Natural language processing (Computer science) |
Logic programming |
User interfaces (Computer systems) |
Human-computer interaction |
Computer networks |
Information storage and retrieval systems |
Computer programming |
Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
Logic in AI |
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction |
Computer Communication Networks |
Information Storage and Retrieval |
Programming Techniques |
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2023, which was held during November 2023. The 12 regular papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They were organized in following topical sections: Understanding and Enhancing Conversational Interactions, LLM-driven Conversational Design and Analysis, Ethical Perspectives and Bias, Complementing Perspectives. |
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