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1 online resource (221 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Rights & Responsibilities
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Rights and responsibilities (Lanham, Md.)
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Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface Daniel Dohert; Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity-Psychological Implications, Societal Consequences Amitai Etzioni; Part I: Human Wants, Human Goods; 1 A Theory of Human Motivation A.H. Maslow; 2 Wealth and Happiness: A Limited Relationship David G. Myers; 3 Consuming for Love Edward N Luttwak; 4 The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get It Juliet Schor; 5 Achieving Collective Well-Being Through Greater Simplicity: A Simple Proposal Robert Frank; Part II: Simplicity Throughout History. |
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6 Early American Simplicity: The Quaker Ethic David Shi7 Simple Needs Charles Wagner; 8 The Value of Voluntary Simplicity Richard B. Gregg; 9 Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement Emerges Duane Elgin and Arnold Mitchell; Part III: Critical Perspectives; 10 Conspicuous ""Simplicity"" David Brooks; 11 The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires James B. Twitchell; Notes; Index; About the Contributors. |
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In the past fifty years, the standard of living in most industrialized nations has risen dramatically, but the number of people describing themselves as content has remained steady or fallen. The result has been a growing desire to regain some of the virtues of simpler times, whether by forgoing luxuries, switching careers, or returning to nature. These essays reflect on the different facets of 'voluntary simplicity' and consumer culture, providing an historic view of the movement as well as a social-scientific analysis of its causes and effects. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Simplicity.
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Simplicity. |
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Electronic books.
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Etzioni, Amitai.
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Brooks, David.
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Elgin, Duane.
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Frank, Robert.
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Gregg, Richard B.
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Luttwak, Edward.
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Maslow, A. H.
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Mitchell, Arnold.
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Myers, David G.
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Shi, David.
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Schor, Juliet.
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Twitchell, James B.
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Wagner, Charles L. (Charles Ludwig)
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Print version: Doherty, Daniel. Voluntary Simplicity : Responding to Consumer Culture. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2003 9780742520677 |
| ISBN |
9781461646785 (electronic book) |
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1461646782 (electronic book) |
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