Research Catalog
A brief history of thrift
- Title
- A brief history of thrift / Alison Hulme.
- Author
- Hulme, Alison
- Publication
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-10267 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 140 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focusing 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 egalitarian terms, reclaiming it as a genuinely resistant practice.
- Alternative Title
- History of thrift
- Thrift
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10267
- ISBN
- 1526128837
- 9781526128836
- OCLC
- 1077590900
- Author
- Hulme, Alison, author.
- Title
- A brief history of thrift / Alison Hulme.
- Publisher
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781526128850
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10267