Thrift a 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 /

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Main Author: Blankenhorn, David.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, c2008.
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245 1 0 |a Thrift  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a 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 /  |c David Blankenhorn. 
260 |a West Conshohocken, Pa. :  |b Templeton Foundation Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a viii, 351 p. :  |b ill. 
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 |a 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. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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650 0 |a Conduct of life  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Social values  |z United States  |v Quotations, maxims, etc. 
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