A brief history of thrift /

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This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing 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 relationsh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hulme, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sparsamkeit
Thriftiness.
Social history.
Consumption (Economics)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
social history.
Histoire sociale.
Sens de l'economie.
Social Conditions
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781526128843

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