Title 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 / David Blankenhorn.

Publication Info.	West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 351 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Note	"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."
	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	pt. 1. What is thrift? -- pt. 2. The cases against thrift -- pt. 3. Visionaries -- pt. 4. Institutions -- pt. 5. Movements -- pt. 6. Thrift wisdom.
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Subject	Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	Consumption (Economics)
	Saving and investment -- United States.
	Saving and investment.
	Social values -- United States -- History.
	Social values.
	History.
	Conduct of life -- History.
	Conduct of life.
	Social values -- United States -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Quotations.
Other Form:	Print version: Blankenhorn, David. Thrift. West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Foundation Press, ©2008 9781599471426 (DLC) 2008006962 (OCoLC)212375763
ISBN	9781599472294 (electronic book)
	1599472295 (electronic book)
	9781599471426
	1599471426