A brief history of thrift. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A brief history of thrift. (2019)
- Main Title:
- A brief history of thrift
- Further Information:
- Note: Alison Hulme.
- Authors:
- Hulme, Alison
- Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface ; Introduction; Chapter 1: Religious thrift - Puritans, Quakers and Benjamin Franklin; i) Puritans and predestination; ii) Quakers and utilitarian frugality; iii) Benjamin Franklin and the individualisation of thrift; iv) Neo-Puritans and Franklin fans; Chapter 2: Individualist thrift – Victorians, Individualism, and Samuel Smiles; i) The rise of consumerism and individualism; ii) Samuel Smiles and economic morality; iii) David Cameron the neo-Victorian; Chapter 3: Spiritual thrift – Simplicity, anti-consumption and Henry Thoreaux; i) Henry Thoreau’s spiritual individualism; ii) Charles Wagner’s simplicity; iii) Edith Wharton’s domestic asceticism; iv) ‘Voluntary simplicity’ and anti-consumption; Chapter 4: Nationalist thrift – revolution, depression and world wars; i) Frugality vs colonialism in revolutionary America; ii) Depression, the Marx Brothers and thrifty repentance; iii) ‘Make do and mend’ thrift in the name of democracy; i) The cupcake revolution and war-era nostalgia; Chapter 5: Consumer thrift – race, responsibility and rights; i) Stuart Chase, Frederick Schlink and the citizen-consumer; ii) The ‘negro’ shopper; iii) Thrift societies; iv) ‘Your country needs you to spend’, Keynes, and consumerism; v) Bargain stores frugality and hedonic delights; Chapter 6: Ecological thrift – frugality, nature and anti-Capitalism; i) Roosevelt, conservation and careful consumption; ii) Anti-globalization thrift andList of Illustrations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface ; Introduction; Chapter 1: Religious thrift - Puritans, Quakers and Benjamin Franklin; i) Puritans and predestination; ii) Quakers and utilitarian frugality; iii) Benjamin Franklin and the individualisation of thrift; iv) Neo-Puritans and Franklin fans; Chapter 2: Individualist thrift – Victorians, Individualism, and Samuel Smiles; i) The rise of consumerism and individualism; ii) Samuel Smiles and economic morality; iii) David Cameron the neo-Victorian; Chapter 3: Spiritual thrift – Simplicity, anti-consumption and Henry Thoreaux; i) Henry Thoreau’s spiritual individualism; ii) Charles Wagner’s simplicity; iii) Edith Wharton’s domestic asceticism; iv) ‘Voluntary simplicity’ and anti-consumption; Chapter 4: Nationalist thrift – revolution, depression and world wars; i) Frugality vs colonialism in revolutionary America; ii) Depression, the Marx Brothers and thrifty repentance; iii) ‘Make do and mend’ thrift in the name of democracy; i) The cupcake revolution and war-era nostalgia; Chapter 5: Consumer thrift – race, responsibility and rights; i) Stuart Chase, Frederick Schlink and the citizen-consumer; ii) The ‘negro’ shopper; iii) Thrift societies; iv) ‘Your country needs you to spend’, Keynes, and consumerism; v) Bargain stores frugality and hedonic delights; Chapter 6: Ecological thrift – frugality, nature and anti-Capitalism; i) Roosevelt, conservation and careful consumption; ii) Anti-globalization thrift and environmental justice; iii) Left greening, the commons and collective thrift; Chapter 7: Ideological thrift – One Nation Tories and the current Age-of-Austerity; i) Practices of thrift – freegans, sofa-surfers, drifters, and freecyclers; ii) Elements of past thrift in the present; iii) Ideological motivations and resistance; iv) ‘Socialist thrift’ or thrival?; Conclusion; Index … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 332.024
Thriftiness
Thriftiness -- History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781526128850
9781526128843 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781526128836
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